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To: Sowbug who wrote (30988)	1/20/1998 12:21:00 AM
From: Daniel W. Koehler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

*OT*<< Thus, one of MLK Jr.'s legacies is increased openness in the workforce, leading to greater opportunities for various groups ...>> With all due respect... Excuse me? MLK was not for greater opportunities for GROUPS...he was for color-blindedness of the law with respect to individuals. Unfortunately, the government has enforced the '64 Civil Rights Act as meaning certain GROUPs have special status under the law. These "protected classes" include minorites, women, handicapped currently . IMO, this is an unspeakable tragedy that Dr. King's dream of colorblindedness under the law has been perversely enforced as group rights entitlements. In my opinion, this practice violates the 14th Amendment which guarantees equal protection under the law to individuals. Equality of opportunity, however, is so vague as to be meaningless and currently bureaucrats are administering it as "equality of outcome". Your point is well taken that Wall Street can "do well by doing good" by hiring the most qualified applicants it can find irrespective of race. But subsidizing people simply by virtue of their membership in a group does violence to the very notion of individual rights and essentially impairs the liberty of all American citizens. Daniel