[Dilbert San Diego]

I never understand all of this talk.

Nothing is stopping anyone from emigrating, and settling in any African country which will accept them, if that is what some people wish to do.

It’s been almost 50 years since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and related policies such as affirmative action having been in place. The rampant discrimination of the past is long gone. Yet some still say we’re fighting the legacy of slavery and all that.

Some extremists even want payment of reparations for slavery.

Whatever today’s problems in the black community, the legacy of slavery is not holding anyone back.

I’m also puzzled that the election of Obama has not been a more powerful symbol that racism and bigotry and discrimination have faded out. If a black man can be elected president, then can’t a black man accomplish anything??

[Responsibility2nd]

It’s been almost 50 years since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and related policies such as affirmative action having been in place. The rampant discrimination of the past is long gone. Yet some still say we’re fighting the legacy of slavery and all that.

 

I would argue that Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society progrms have inflicted far more damage and harm to the United States than the Civil War ever did.

"The rampant discrimination of the past is long gone."

Hardly. The Welfare and Entitlement programs LBJ passed are more egregious and harmful to blacks today than the Civil War ever was.