Quote:
Originally posted by Killconey
Wow, I leave for a couple days and suddenly I'm playing grammatical games. HarmlessRabbit, I respect your opinions and commend your fight for equality in our world. But please realize that when I talk about a "color-blind" society or when I talk about eliminating Affirmative Action, it is a political opinion that I have. Just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean that their arguments aren't solidly based and that their intentions aren't pure.
Besides, have you ever considered that things have changed since Affirmative Action was put in place? Maybe its outlived its prime like the Comic Book Code.
|
I think the idea that AA has outlived its usefullness is entirely different than the idea that society should be "color-blind" and that having ANY laws regarding race is "racist". I think the "outlived" discussion is an interesting one and maybe a good topic for another thread!
This "color-blind" argument was used a lot here in California regarding prop 54, a conservative-backed proposition that would have starved race-based social programs by forbidding them from collecting the data they need to do their jobs. Luckily, voters saw through it and soundly defeated it.
Check out this google search:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search
In my opinion, as I said, the term "color-blind" is an attack on grammar that conservates are trying to use to frame the debate to their advantage, just like the term "partial-birth abortion".
If you accidentally picked up the term yourself by reading conservative articles, or if you coincidentally were using it before it was co-opted by conservatives, I apologize.