On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Robert Munn<[email protected]> wrote: ... > At the same time, if we are being intellectually honest, we must recognize > that minorities still face obstacles that non-minorities do not, and that > African-Americans in particular face special burdens in our society because > of our history of slavery and racism. Where do we draw the line on helping > those who were discriminated against in the past at the expense of people > who did not participate in systemic discrimination? Do we punish the > children for the sins of the father? We will struggle with that question for > decades.
Heh. I love intellectual honesty. Like, remember when I said we'd have a black president before we'd have a woman president? Yeah. Crazy how it works. Like, just look at the math-- er, numbers-- er-- .... Whoops, there's Gruss's boss! Quick, hit the Boss Screen! -- Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none. Thomas Carlyle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:300527 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
