It would be good to have a serious discussion about race in the US. Most of the comments here are people talking past each other. In my opinion, a discussion about race would also have to be a discussion about class and poverty and opportunity. Why should there be poverty in this rich society? If everyone really had an opportunity to find a decent way of life in this society, maybe there would be no need to argue about affirmative action programs and who benefits at whose expense.
It would be good to have a serious discussion about race in the US. Most of the comments here are people talking past each other. In my opinion, a discussion about race would also have to be a discussion about class and poverty and opportunity. Why should there be poverty in this rich society? If everyone really had an opportunity to find a decent way of life in this society, maybe there would be no need to argue about affirmative action programs and who benefits at whose expense.