[Torie]

The end of Jim Crow is the beginning of more equal opportunity; it does not promise equal ends, or at least shouldn't. To tout the abuse of the civil rights movement is a deflection. Are you making some slippery slope argument here? In any event, even if there were some merit in it, and I find little or none, some slippery slopes one must tread because it is a moral imperative to do so.

[Texasforever]

find little or none, some slippery slopes one must tread because it is a moral imperative to do so.

There is no slippery slope we have already slid to the bottom. The racial and group identity strategy is the only thing the democrats have. It works for them because their constituencies benefit from keep the racial flames burning. It will keep working for them as long as anyone that challenges them in any way can be professionally destroyed with a slip of the tongue. This is 2002 not 1948 and the racial situation is worse than ever. Yes blacks have unfettered ballot access and they use it almost exclusively to keep the racial fire alive and well.