I hesitate to talk about some things that you mention because most Americans are really really really neurotics about race. (I’m thankful I escaped some of that by travelling as a child.) It’s not just the liberals either. It’s obviously been traumatic to the country as a whole - and with slavery, jim crow, the 70’s I can understand why. For America I think the answer is a little different than anything I would ever normally suggest... I think this is the time to let some things lay low and just not poke at them. I think after a few years people will kinda “wake up”, shake their heads, ask “WHAT was that all about?”, and be ready to talk sensibly about it. Some wounds are very fresh and some are old - but we need to stop picking at the scabs for all of them for at least a little while.
As long as we have people who play the race card, including the current occupant of the WH, we will have a problem. And our current laws, e.g., affirmative action and minority business set asides, etc. are divisive and discriminatory. That said, America is the most tolerant country I have ever lived in and that includes living abroad for almost 25 years of my adult life in nine countries and visiting more than 60 others.
By 2023, half of the children 18 and under will be minorities as classified by the USG. And by 2042 half of the country will be minorities. Unfortunately, blacks and hispanics have the highest out of wedlock birthrates, 68% and 50% respectively, and the highest school drop out rates. This is the pathology of failure in this society and I can see a large underclass populated by blacks and Hispanics and a more affluent class comprised primarily of whites and asians. I can see some coming social friction and discord akin to what happens in the third world where there exists such disparities in wealth and education.
And we continue to import poverty thru our immigration policies with 87% of the 1.2 million legal immigrants are minorities and most of whom are poor and undeducated. I see the problem getting worse, not better.
SAT Scores Fall as Gap Widens; Asians Gain
