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Well, the government advocates "correcting the historical wrong" in a big way. I guess it's okay - if the government is going to knock down every dividing line (basically) dreamed up to keep races apart, at least it practices what it preaches. But, you don't have to run to court too terribly often to realize that the vast majority of lower-echelon jobs are heavily minority-held these days. Of course time passes slowly, and the majority of judges, governors, leaders, etc. are still white and male. It will obviously take time before employment ranks start to look like our national makeup.
On that note, I am glad that Affirmative Action is and has been dying. It irked me that no one ever cited an NBA team for having too few white folks on the team. I'm alright with it when the office looks like the country - which is still 70% (or thereabouts) white. But, when 90% of the jobs start to go to 28% of the population, something is amiss.
I have read some opinions that affirmative action only set minorities up to fail, and read the statistics regarding minorities that were let into places like Harvard. Ultimately, because they were less qualified, a higher percentage dropped out or flunked out. But, as one minority friend put it - "at least let me on the bus through the door [to Harvard] and give me the chance." Two sides to the issue, certainly.
In the end, I'd like to point out the obvious: sooner or later on this planet we will f** each other enough that racial lines will blur to a degree that makes races inseperable. Maybe then we can get over this bullshit concerning race and look at each other based solely on aptitude and ability.
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