Originally Posted by sgtdmski

Is this not what the Equal Opportunity currently does?? If so, then Affirmative Action is no longer needed. AA was devised to make up for the sins of the past (Slavery, Seperate but Equal, and Jim Crow laws). At what point are those sins absolved??? Or shall they remain a stain upon our country's conscience forever. If so, why is there no blame placed upon the African tribes who actually captured and sold other tribes into slavery, or upon the Middle East, who maintained slavery long after the western world began abolishing it.

We like to blame our country for the evils of the world, and for some things we are at fault. But slavery was an institution that existed before this nation, and continued to exist after the fall of the institution of this country. For all the blame the western world takes for the institution of slavery, little recognition is giving for its fight to abolish it. Britain at a cost to its own citizens actively patrolled the world's water, challenging slave traders, capturing their ships and releasing the slaves. Where is the demand for the reparations to the British government and people for their sacrifices. Or where is the cry for reparations for the Union soldiers who died during the civil war, and after the civil war under President Grant in taking on the KKK.

Affirmative action had its time and place, however, today, we seriously need to consider if we wish to continue judging people by the color of their skin, or should we finally embrace the dream of Martlin Luther King Jr, and judge people by the content of their character???


dmk