I'll start with the second part regarding "guilt" and the KKK. Thomas Sowell wrote a column which was something like this:
If I hated blacks, and I wanted them to get an inferior education, broken families, high crime rates with high rates of homicides and drug usage, high out of wedlock births, and no hope of ever breaking out of the devastating circumstances they find themselves in, I wouldn't join the KKK, I would join the Democrat party.
In short, I don't think the Democrats have any feelings of guilt for founding the KKK because they have accomplished so much more catastrophic harm to blacks that the KKK could ever have.
Affirmative Action is another tool of the Democrats to accomplish much that is harmful to America. AA guarantees that over the years, the public sector, the private sector, and the military will be harmed by having to recruit, hire, and promote people who are clearly unqualified for the positions they are obtaining. If AA harms America, the Democrats are for it. If AA can be used to garner votes because stupid people must be admitted to higher education, the Democrats are for it.
I am hoping that in essence, the USSC has finally understood the paralysis AA has caused to Government, Education, Private Business, and the Military.
Then again, maybe not. Maybe the Justices thought that this wasn't anything more than a States rights case.
Thanks for your insightful reply. Dr. Sowell was right on the mark with that article!
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We still have “a bunch of folks,” (to use a Haaaaaavud educated Obama phrase), that hang onto the racial hatreds of the 1960’s: for example, Revs. Sharpton and Jackson.
For them, nothing has changed since the pre 1960’s, and so they make a living by race-baiting with speeches, accusations, and of course, arm in arm “marches.”
To them, they receive with deaf ears the statement: “If you accuse someone of being a racist, and do NOT back it up with facts, - - - - - - - - - - - then you just might be a racist.”