Re: The just and the unjust ways to address modern racial inequality: affirmative act
Good answer.
I can tell you that, even though my skin is quite pale as a result of my Scottish ancestry, none of my forebears ever had slaves. My dad did extensive genealogy, and turned up not one ancestor who could have had the wherewithal to have owned even one slave.
So, I share no guilt there.
I've never held back a black person, or any other person, so why should I have to feel some guilt or feel obligated to pay back some supposed debt?
Further, I submit that the mentality of "poor me, I've been held back by the evil people with pale skin" is what is holding back some of the black community. Those who rise above that notion seem to do quite well in our society, even get themselves elected to high office.
How does anyone who thinks that the "plight of the poor black man" is the fault of white America explain the fact that the Japanese were subjected to at least as much prejudice as the blacks ever were, and yet seem to be doing at least as well as, if not better than, the average white? Could it relate to mental attitude?
Or, should we espouse the blatantly racist notion that Asians are mentally superior to blacks?
To me, the answer is pretty clear.
