“Don’t know why that doesn’t play out on the larger scale.”
150 year-old grievances against dead people can’t hold a candle to the current legalized discrimination caused by affirmative action; my children don’t deserve to be penalized for their ethnicity and/or gender, and will come to resent the beneficiaries as they age and become more aware of “the ways of the world”.
It is certainly frustrating. My son has not been accepted into medical school even though all his “numbers” indicate he should have been easily accepted.
I read an article which broke down the acceptance rates for med school and even though he is higher/better qualified based on GPA, the MCAT and such, his race and gender make it more difficult to get in. He has no “hook” for extra points.
It is systematic discrimination, but until the beneficiaries of affirmative action are the ones to decry it, it will remain in place.
This is a very hard subject for me because I grew up in a very racist town and know the effects it had on good people, both black and white.
I am just sad that there is such deep resentment making it nearly impossible to let go of past hurts and focus on each other as individuals rather than as a collective.