Steve, no one said AA was going to eliminate discrimination, just neutralize the worst of it. Discrimation is alive and well in this country. Eliminating discrimination requires people getting over their prejudices. How that happens I don't know.
Is there any evidence to suggest that people aren't "over" their prejudices?
I believe that largely, prejudices are a thing of the past. Now, lots of people have opinions about groups of people (for example, races) based on their observations.
For example, many people will avoid predominantly black parts of a city out of fear. Is that prejudice? Of course not. That's just being reasonable based on factual information; we know, empirically, that a white person in particular areas of a city is at increased risk of becoming the victim of a crime.
This term "prejudice" gets tossed around a lot; but its fundamental characteristic is a "preconceived" notion, which for most of us, isn't present today. While there will always be a certain amount of "prejudice", I suspect white males are subject to more discrimination than are, for example, blacks who are supposedly the targets of racial prejudice.
If you want to talk about the fact that some groups of blacks or others have EARNED the discrimination they receive, that would be a different matter. |
