On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:39 PM, G Money<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So I say again, if a black >> man can aspire to the highest public office in America, it is proof that >> anyone can be anything they want to be, it is more a matter of personal >> choice rather than circumstance. > > > To an extent, perhaps. But if Barack Obama was able to overcome additional > hardships that are in place in this country because he is black, and still > achieve the highest office in the land....that doesn't mean that those > hardships should not then be removed. > > Put another way, racism isn't dead in 21st century USA just because we have > a black president. It's a sign of progress, but it should not be an excuse > to turn a blind eye to very real instances of racial bigotry that still > occurr in America today. >
Right, and if it is racist that a man does not get a job because he is black, its also racist that a man does not get a job because he is NOT black. I am sorry, I don't understand how a test like this (or any other kind of standardized test) can be racially biased. Either you know the shit or you don't. -- Scott Stroz --------------- The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. - Thomas Jefferson http://xkcd.com/386/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299219 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
