kuuzuryusen wrote:
Im not sure whether or not that was sarcasm, but I'm going to run with it anyway. There are hundreds of thousands of dollars out there for college scholorships, for example. My caucasian friend (as a joke) said he was black on his SAT forms. He got about $30,000 in scholorship applications, but they were all taken away when they learned he was white. That really isnt surprising if you think about it, but how about this: we all know how many scholorships there are out there for being black. But have you ever seen a scholorship for just being white? No, of course not, that would be racist. I have made my point.
Precisely. You
can't change people's attitudes with laws, and special opportunities to "compensate" for those attitudes only perpetuate them. In my opinion, a special place in hell should be reserved for the demogogues who secure their influence by heightening the tension between the races.
To veer back on topic, a rough quote from a Larry Niven novel: "Louis found xenophobes stupid. The universe would be a boring place with only humans to talk to."