I'm sorry Art, but to me it does terminate the conversation, unless you are willing to argue that discrimination is not wrong, a position I am willing to bet you are not taking.
I don't know if "personal agenda" was directed at me (or if I am simply feeling that way since you seem to be addressing my last post), but I will answer it as if it were.
Today in a America it is seen as socially and culturally ok to legally discriminate against a person because of the color of his skin, in this case white.
I cannot see anyway that this is any more morally correct than when it was ok to discriminate when that color was black.
Now, I don't see that recognizing this and wishing for a color neutral society addresses in anyway the natural differences between people, whether they be cultural, racial, spiritual, etc.
In otherwords, I can gladly celebrate someone's heritage while still wishing that neither they nor I are discriminated against because of that heritage.
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Last edited by Lebell; 01-29-2004 at 10:47 AM..
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