Yes. An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind, as Gandhi famously said. Historical racism towards non-white Americans is obviously true and horrific. The answer to that, however, is not to start essentially a new cultural Jim Crow by dividing everyone into competing groups, giving preference to some and not to others. Didn’t we already figure out that doesn’t work? Like the article said: more and more people are marrying outside their race; this is a good thing! It’s the radical lefties who always say race is a construct. Yes! It is! So why don’t we move beyond it? We can find ways to help those in need without destroying merit, without ruining western liberalism. And the fight for racial justice started far before the civil rights movement in the 60s. I’m currently reading the autobiography and letters of Thomas Jefferson: he pitched the idea of ending slavery in the Declaration of Independence, but it was rejected by the other colonies. He pitched the 1783 Northwest Ordinance which ended the slave trade in New England. Yes: he had slaves. But, like most of the founders, he grasped that slavery was a moral stain and must be discontinued.
Yes. An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind, as Gandhi famously said. Historical racism towards non-white Americans is obviously true and horrific. The answer to that, however, is not to start essentially a new cultural Jim Crow by dividing everyone into competing groups, giving preference to some and not to others. Didn’t we already figure out that doesn’t work? Like the article said: more and more people are marrying outside their race; this is a good thing! It’s the radical lefties who always say race is a construct. Yes! It is! So why don’t we move beyond it? We can find ways to help those in need without destroying merit, without ruining western liberalism. And the fight for racial justice started far before the civil rights movement in the 60s. I’m currently reading the autobiography and letters of Thomas Jefferson: he pitched the idea of ending slavery in the Declaration of Independence, but it was rejected by the other colonies. He pitched the 1783 Northwest Ordinance which ended the slave trade in New England. Yes: he had slaves. But, like most of the founders, he grasped that slavery was a moral stain and must be discontinued.
Michael Mohr
‘Sincere American Writing’
https://michaelmohr.substack.com/