Well, I dunno how much of a debate it will be...we're all so well trained to be politically correct that I honestly don't know many people capable of being honest even with themselves on this issue.
There's an article on MSN today that's really well written. It's long, so I'm just gonna hot link it: Click Here
But it's worth the read.
I find it interesting that the article asserts America is "resegregating".
Do you think that doing away with Affirmative Action will cause us to naturally re-segregate itself? Do you think this is already happening? Or do you think this is just a symptom of an ever widening gap between rich and poor?
I grew up in a solid lower-middle-income area...the 'burbs if you will. My HS racial makeup was really mixed, and not predominantly white. And, to be honest, usually students were far more cautious around the hot-headed white boys who were getting mixed up in "drugs" and "gangs" then around the rest of the students (though there were always others of all races mixed up in the bad chit...they just seemed to be more capable of leaving it outside the school buildings). I know we are all raised with certain perceptions of things that we don't even necessarily speak about. I love my parents to death, but even they have periodically said things, almost unconsciously, that made me wonder...and as I get older, I wonder at myself too...
There's an article on MSN today that's really well written. It's long, so I'm just gonna hot link it: Click Here
But it's worth the read.
I find it interesting that the article asserts America is "resegregating".
Do you think that doing away with Affirmative Action will cause us to naturally re-segregate itself? Do you think this is already happening? Or do you think this is just a symptom of an ever widening gap between rich and poor?
I grew up in a solid lower-middle-income area...the 'burbs if you will. My HS racial makeup was really mixed, and not predominantly white. And, to be honest, usually students were far more cautious around the hot-headed white boys who were getting mixed up in "drugs" and "gangs" then around the rest of the students (though there were always others of all races mixed up in the bad chit...they just seemed to be more capable of leaving it outside the school buildings). I know we are all raised with certain perceptions of things that we don't even necessarily speak about. I love my parents to death, but even they have periodically said things, almost unconsciously, that made me wonder...and as I get older, I wonder at myself too...