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Originally Posted by fintstone
Go back to a meritocracy...and stop using race and ethnicity as a crutch.
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I agree with that, as long as we are talking about suitability for the job. In other words, if you're talking about a business environment, you've got to look and act the part. You could no sooner be a White slob than an educated Turbin-wearing Punjab with a scruffy beard, or a Hispanic who doesn't speak English well. If you're working in retail, then you're selling to a customer. That customer wants to be able to communicate and trust you. If you're a Vietnamese nail salon, then stop speaking Vietnamese to co-workers in front of the paying customer who does not understand you. If you're a Hindu, put down the damn phone if you're behind the register ringing up customers. They should leave feeling happy and satisfied, not suspicious of being taken for granted and ripped off.
As far as racism or classism, you've got to ask if it's a problem for society at large, not just for a single group. Individual racism barely budges the needle for society. Do I care if a rich parent buys his or her kid a seat at USC as long as my kid gets into the U.C. school that better suits him? Probably not. Was I even concerned about USC anyway? Probably not. They determine the quality of the degree by who they graduate. It's not my problem as much as it is for the alumni of that school.
And I'm somewhat irked by the 8th grade treatment of "history" in this thread in general. All of this quaint talk of a "ruling class" as if 19th century Europe = 20th century USA. Ridiculous.