Thank you for turning America into a country where ethnic identity is
now paramount.

You raise an interesting point that others have raised and you do it
from an insider's perspective.

Please give some insight into how (or whether) to deal with
situations where people were being denied the right to vote based
on race, or people were put in inferior or undefunded schools based
on race or economic status, or people were denied certain jobs
because of race, religion or gender without developing a sense of
racial, economic or gender identity?

Ouch. It sounds like this is something you run into on a daily basis, and
I would suggest that you consider moving to a better neighborhood. By any
chance are you getting your news from NPR?

Interesting to see that 'voting rights' is still used as an explanation
for continued civil rights intervention. Such hogwash. The political
apparatus of today pulls voters out of their homes and drags them to the
polls. (Often times staying with them in the voting booth to make sure
that the minority voter then votes correctly). Advocate-Ministers have
had polls opened on Sunday so they could deliver their entire congregation
to vote (which I have even had the opportunity to witness - and more
than once). And you are likely aware that ethnic advocates are demanding
that the voting laws be changed so that minorities will no longer be
expected to leave their subsidized housing in order to cast their vote.
Look for front page news if the press suspects that a minority might
possibly have been denied their right to vote. But the continued antics of
voting irregularities in minority areas - the ones which maintain the
proper political identity - will never be considered newsworthy.


Minority applicants are well versed in how to scream loud and long when
they are not offered the job they believe they deserve. And the EEOC office
in every state is run by a,'this business guilty until proved innocent'
mentality. In addition, there are numerous law firms in all but the smallest
towns which do nothing but pursue such cases. And I pull their flyers from
my mailbox on an all too frequent basis.
I would agree that minority hiring was questionable in the past, but the
way to correct such is not to force businesses to overlook qualified non-
minority applicants when a minority applicant is close to having the required
education and experience. Which is still discrimination in hiring. And you
may know that minority operated businesses discriminate heavily in favor of
their own racial or ethnic group, which is also suppose to be illegal but is
ignored by those who enforce such laws. Just don't let a non-minority owned
business ever try to get away with this.


In my opinion schools reflect their communities and the values and objectives
of those in the community. When a community no longer holds education to be
important - the schools fail. And when a school fails to educate students
this is due to racism and the failure of others. And not because the Mom (and
there never was a Dad) didn't give a damn if her kids went to school or not.
Remember that the Great Society programs held that minorities are no longer
to be held accountable for their actions - or lack thereof. And any failure
is now due to racists or because of the lack of cultural sensitivity by the
school system.
I always appreciate reading of an instance where a community decided to
correct a school system which had bottomed out. Sometimes this is involved a
community enforcing student attendance, or demanding vouchers to move students
from failing schools. Sometimes it results in school uniforms and/or a zero
tolerance for those disrupting classroom learning. Regardless, it required
that a community take control and take action. Which the political left
despises because they believe such actions should only be as a direct result
of their efforts. The universal truth in minority communities is that the
political environment will always work against a cause if they believe such
might impede their control or their status. And with school reform, often
using the threat of vouchers as the means to disrupt the process. There can
be no success in a minority community which is not driven by the proper
political action.


In other words, how does a government stop people from abusing
or exploiting people based on group identity without creating or
expanding the idea of a group? Or should they try?


Government is abusing and mistreating people based on their group identity.
And in a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court said it was legal. If you learned of
a first year law school class with only three non-minority male students in
a class of 120, would you consider that to be discrimination? Guess what -
it's not.

No government will be successful when it recognizes a specific group for
preferential treatment. Because such requires discrimination against
others. And even the most ardent liberal must recognize that the color-
blind society of MLK is now one of just the opposite.


It would also appear to be the case that no society will be successful when
their basic unit, the family, is destroyed. Which Great Society programs did
in minority communities by making teenage pregnancy and single-Mom families
not only acceptable and profitable, but also fashionable.
When I attended high school, beginning in the mid-1960s, pregnant teenagers
were unheard of. Now this same high school has a nursery on-site. When I
was in high school almost every student was from a two parent home. Now this
number is around 20%. And dropping. When I was in high school parents were
involved and the building was packed during open house nights. An activity
which now attracts only a small number of parents. And when I started high
school there were no Great Society programs. And if you're still reading -
draw your own conclusions.


Are you overall glad the government did get involved?

No. I am convinced that those in my community would be better off if
the political left (what you call 'government') had not made failure -
followed by government intervention - our status quo. And taken action
to maintain this situation.