Thank you. The only problem I have with this race neutral claim is that it is unfair to non whites and it coddles whites. Whites need to face the fact of continuing white racial preferences instead of crying crocodile tears about an unfairness to them that does not exist.
I don't agree with your characterization of it "coddling" whites to the extent that such a characterization extends to actions that go farther than AA.
You must see it from their perspective. While I don't believe that AA is something that wholly unjust, it cannot go much farther than that. To approach it in a race neutral fashion allows for greater flexibility and much less conflict. Demanding more than mere AA and telling white folks that their children should just suck it up, will never be sustainable or acceptable.
We are dealing with kids who had not choice in their race and who have had no part in perpetuating any racial inequity. They are just children. AA is one thing, but to demand that these children atone for the sins of their assumed ancestors (which is more often than not, a false assumption) is akin to demanding that Osama bin Ladin's children be executed for 9/11. You end up with two wrongs and a whole lot of hostility.
Demanding that white
children "suck it up" and take their racial punishment will go over like a fart in church and work to cause an even greater divide. If you think white parents (who are also many times not the descendants of the guilty and who were only recently children themselves) are going to stand by and watch their children pay racial dividends above and beyond AA, you are mistaken. Such is literally asking for war. It will not and should not be tolerated.
If AA is all you're asking for, many will accept it. Sure you're get people bitch and moaning about it, but most will just accept it and move on. I was only describing the Texas policy for addressing past racial inequality that I think works better and puts all grumbling or complaining to rest with not further discussion. Finding those methods will do a whole lot more to advance the underlying goal without stirring up the "tribal" divisions among our countrymen.
See everyone? I disagree with IM2. I am not perpetuating any alleged dysfunction or any other things you have accused me of doing. I addressed his post and showed him where I disagree and why.
It's not hard. You can do it too. I know you can.
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And this is the problem with your attempt to show these racists that you can disagree with me:
The attitude that whites have been brainwashed into believing about handing out racial punishment is race pimped garbage. White racism continues today and your children benefit from it. Furthermore when they become adults they will benefit in ways those children of color sitting next to them today will not unless pressure is continuously applied. You talk about whites kids getting racially punished like kids of color aren't.
I said that so called race neutral policies coddle white kids because it does. You have your children believing fake news about how race shouldn't be a consideration when it has been a consideration every day for 243 years to the benefit of whites. Whites are so busy trying to deny this instead of facing the truth and telling your children that they live the way they do now only because whites were given racial preferences. Instead of denying white privilege because you equate privilege with wealth and not human rights, you should tell your kids how they benefit from being able to consistently look at positive images of themselves throughout society.
When we talk about AA, it's automatically assumed to be black. Idiots here think Asians aren't part of it. Nobody looks at AA as an issue that has helped whites the most. White women are the prime recipient of the policy. They are the majority of the population. Because of this, white family income and wealth has increased. That means the quality of life for white children has also increased. This has happened because white women were added as a protected group even as many of them like tipsy, terri4trump, sssyirishlass , irosie, and others actively participate in continuing white racism today.
This is done by racist white men and women who can say they are not practicing discrimination by doing it. The thing you must come to understand is that we are not talking about past anything. We are talking about
continuing racial injustices.
Thank you for the response.
I have been sick as a dog today (pneumonia), so I was in no position to read and respond until now. Will be hitting the codeine soon.
Yeehaw!!!
To the response, the only reason I mentioned being careful how we frame corrective action is because I have worked very hard as a parent to teach my kids to treat all people as equals. I don't want them to be poisoned by something as ugly as resentment. We have way more of that than we need.
I have no problem explaining to my children how they have had advantages. That's fine.
But what is the goal? If we accomplish the goal without creating unnecessary resentment, why does it matter how it is framed?
There's no need to spike the racial football and do a touchdown dance in the faces of children as a form of "justice" or retribution. Making efforts to avoid creating resentment is NOT coddling.
I gave you an example of a Texas public university policy that not only achieves the goals of AA, but exceeds them. There are no limits. If 25,000 black kids in Texas are in the Top 10% of their graduating high school class and want go to my beloved alma mater, 25,000 black kids become members of the Texas Aggie Family and network. They are full, exclusive members of the club without reservation. We who are already in the club love their choice and welcome them fully and completely. With that membership come a SHIT TON of opportunities. Some of the richest and most influential people in the world are Texas Aggies and we fucking take care of our own...ALL of our own. And we are obnoxious about it.

Tell me that is a club to which black kids would NOT want to belong. Tell me that alone would not greatly improve the lives of black kids who join the family.
If that public university policy is not acceptable for the sole reason that race is deliberately made a non-factor, I can only conclude that the goal is racial retribution or revenge with deliberate disregard for the societal damage it causes.
Surely, that is not the objective, is it?
Racial injustices are not corrected by more racial injustice. That does nothing but unnecessarily give license hate. Injustice is remedied by justice. Revenge or retribution is not justice.
there is nothing wrong with seeking a non-inflammatory solution if one is available. The Texas university policy is both noninflammatory and more effective. I can't speak for all white people, but I suspect most would not mind such an approach. Even if it worked as a much greater advantage for "people of color."
I suppose another way of saying it is, being born with advantages is not the fault of the child. There's no reason to assign blame. Take necessary corrective action and be done.
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