>>>>>>>Our newspapers and TV's introduced Obama's elect as end of racism at USA. Is it just a wish?
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>>>>>>>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/111208dntexklan.36c6b7b.html
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>>>>>>I would not call it an end of racism. I do think it shows we have come quite a ways, though.
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>>>>>I agree. The racism will stop with the end of affirmative action.
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>>>>I'm not sure what one has to do with the other. Some people just hate people of other races, regardless.
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>>>Most likely, he meant that legislated racism is the worst form and, accordingly, it should be eliminated first. When it kept on books, it just ensures that it will exist in hearts.
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>>He may well have meant that, but I have to disagree that eliminating affirmative action will have any effect at all on racist attitudes in the general population. It was with us before affirmative action and it will be with us after. Far too many people simply fear and hate what is different from themselves.
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>True enough, but affirmative action isn't. It is a racist action. It doesn't help relations and many times, particularly in critical jobs, lives are lost because the person in a critical job can't do the job.

You're preaching to the converted. In my other posts I did mention that I'm not a fan of affirmative action. I can understand why it came about, and maybe it was even worth trying, but once it proved to be a failure (imho) they should have admitted it and given it up as a good thought gone wrong.