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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
Gee, how could 300 years of a system with economic, educational and social aspects rigged in favor of one group have any lingering effects? It doesn't! It all went away overnight. Everyone, black and white, reaped the benefits of their forefathers' abundant wealth and educational opportunities, because you see, the Civil Rights Act was magic! It magically went back in time and undid all the nasty things that happened in the past. That's why the past doesn't matter anymore, you see!
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No one said it went away overnight. But there have been nearly 2 full generations since the Civil Rights Act was passed. The claim that "institutional racism" or "white privilege" has survived and prospered just doesn't hold water. Does racism still exist? Of course - you always will have a few ignorant folks out there. No law can end all racism any more than any law can end all crime. But at this point its outliers vs the norm. Lingering effect? Sure, you get the oddball that wants to sit on Jerry Springer in his Grand Dragon robes. But its not the norm. If it was, you wouldn't have had the outcome of the last 2 presidential elections.
Sadly, programs like affirmative action are institutionalized racism against the grandsons and granddaughters of those who did ill due to racial discrimination. Those grandsons and granddaughters did not do the ill - yet they are the ones that are discriminated against because of the guilty conscience of society over history. It is this fact that makes the idea of modern day "equal opportunity" a fallacy. Either the field is level and based on individual merit and ability, or it is not equal. When there are expectations of quota's do insure proper "diversity" - things are not based on merit and ability.
I also note that there was no response on the claim regarding the justice system and its supposed "white bias". Were you unable to refute the facts about crime in South Africa?