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One huge problem with the politics of resentment is that by the time ‘retribution’ begins, the perpetrators are no longer the target - the innocent are.

Case in point: Affirmative Action! This is still the law of the land, even though we had a black President! If electing a black President doesn't prove that America, as a whole, is NOT racist, then what the hell will it take?!?

Even worse? Most idiots don't realize that there will ALWAYS BE RACISM in the world! You do NOT change people's hearts by giving preferential treatment to people of a particular race (regardless of slavery-connections) over people of different races (regardless of slavery-connections)!! The very laws designed to "end racism" CREATES HATE and racism! These laws create MORE disdain for the Federally-backed privileged (because all black Americans are oppressed) by those who are NOW being treated with Federally-backed bigotry (because all non-black Americans are racist)!!

Think about it like this: an Italian family and a South African family legally immigrate to America in 1977. In 1997, both have American-born children. In 2015 (while we had a black President), the South African immigrant children would have been given preferential access to colleges, college funds, Federal jobs and many other benefits, over the Italian immigrant children! Does that make sense to the Italian immigrant family? What do those immigrants have to do with "systemic racism" of the United States from it's founding to today? Oh that's right - THEY ARE WHITE!!

Funny, that sounds suspiciously like "systemic racism", doesn't it?