You seem to think people were just given the keys to prosperity without having to do anything. Nope. Hard work and dedication is required of anyone looking to better themselves. Any poverty stricken individual that made it to middle class security had to study harder, labor longer and sacrifice every bit of their pride to get there.
I made no such claims. You made a claim, minimizing the benefits of our national consensus on, and policies of, discriminating in favor of blacks (and others). ie, that none of us would switch if we could.
I pointed out, correctly, using my life as an example, that the benefits are such that they would have a very large impact, if I was able to go back and "switch" and thus get the benefits of that discrimination.
The impact is hidden, because the system is set up to hide it, because if people, white people were told, each time that they did not get admitted to a school, or got a job, or given an promotion, because of race, that it was because of race,
then we could discuss the impact of the policy, honestly and seriously, instead of letting liberals shut down any such attempts by dishonest means.
The very fact that you reflexively dismiss and actively avoid a serious discussion of the pros and cons of this policy, shows that you know that the cons far out weight the benefits.
For one, considering the near UNIVERSIALITY of the commitment to it, it is certain that the vast majority of white males in this country, have at multiple times in their lives, paid a price so that some "minority" could be given an advantage to make up for "past injustices".
And by "price" I don't mean some millionaire doesn't get a second vacation home. I mean a poor white kid doesn't get a scholarship to an Ivy League school, or a working class white guy doesn't get that promotion, or the white guy that finally managed to work his way though college, doesn't get that stem job that he tried so hard for.
Real sacrifices that white people have been making for generations now.
That is a real fucking "con" and one that is too high for the lack of return we have gotten from this policy.
Time to stop it.
You want to address that seriously? Or are you going to play some more silly games to evade the Truth?