[NMFXSTC]

I ask one thing:

Of all the names mentioned and contributions made, how many black kids between 12 and 21 would actually know any of these citizens OR the contributions they made?

To ensure that things be decided without regard to race, creed, color, sex, or national origin, we insist that nothing be decided except according to race, creed, color....

[Sonny M]

To be honest with you, one of the reasons I would never want to be a teacher, is because, everything that is taught is then contradicted. We tell kids, don't judge by color or religion, etc, then we tell them, but do judge by color and religion and so on. They see favoritism. What message do you send to a minority, if they haven't experienced discrimination, but are told, that due to discrimination, they need preferences. They become either racially paranoid, or feel entitled, or feel inferior or all of the above. Just as bad, the message sent to white kids, is that even though you didn't do anything wrong, somone else did, you have to pay the price, or that because your white, no matter what, you'll be okay and succeed, but if you were a minority, you'd fail. This will either give kids a feeling that minorities are like the mentally retarded, or cause resentment, since they feel the penalty for things they didn't do.