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The problem with affirmative action, as with racism, is that it is ideological.
We can't ban racism, because it would be impossible to enforce...and if we did try to enforce it, I don't like to think of the results.
What we need to do is educate. The more educated a person is, the more likely they are to ignore racial factors and see people for people. (can someone find a reference for this....I'm fairly certain I saw it somewhere).
This all goes back to a federally funded education assistance program that does NOT socially promote children through the grades. Further, being a teacher should require more than just (in Texas) a bachelors degree and a certification. I think the minimums should be a psychology degree for the very young, Masters degree for primary, and a doctorate for anything higher. The teachers also need to be educated using this system (no social promotion), and the Universities need to increase the difficulty of their programs.
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"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones." -- John Cage (1912 - 1992)
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