But, assuming Mr. Card's perspective, could we also apply that to the history of lynchings and Jim Crow? wouldn't these also be facts not worth knowing?
Guess what? I disagree with Thomas Jefferson.
But, assuming Mr. Card's perspective, could we also apply that to the history of lynchings and Jim Crow? wouldn't these also be facts not worth knowing?
No, they're facts worth knowing, but they're not facts worth dwelling upon.
I couldn't agree more. But, sometimes what is presented as "fact" is really just a distorted version of the truth. Racial categories like "black" and "white" have always been subjective. You could be 90% German stock and just 10% African stock but be categorized as "black". I wouldn't doubt that a large percentage of "African-Americans" can trace their roots directly to Europe.
The Imperial Federal Gov't shouldn't be categorizing Americans according to skin color. In studying crime rates, there are more important factors, such as income level, geographical location, and so on.
Some here have pointed out that poverty doesn't make someone commit a crime. Well... neither do skin color and facial features. And, yet, we allow our gov't to continue to classify people in that way.
If we're going to complain about hyphenated Americans and the gov't giving special protection to groups, we going to have to let go of these "racial" classifications altogether. And, to whomever might be thinking that I'm being politically-correct, I want to point out that political correctness would require that we keep the classifications.