Let’s not.
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It failed because white racists shit down by civil rights had an IMMEDIATE sponsor in of all things party of LINCOLN which cynically em- 1/3
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2/3 braced the very worst elements of Jim Crow as the last resort to build a governing coalition. The golfing set held its nose and looked
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3/3 the other way as the party of business, reason, and Protestants vastly lowered its standards to admit poor white racist rebel grandsons
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@gop#gopestablishment for pretending they haven’t pursued same tactics/policies as@realDonaldTrump@MooreSenate for 50 YEARS@nro
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Name a race-based government program that has worked without creating unintended consequences that turn out to be worse than original issue.
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1) It's called "affirmative action". Quit throwing "racial" to make it akin to "reverse racism" (which doesn't exist). 2) Define success.
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Affirmative action has undoubtedly failed, but the real hindrance to black success has been War on Poverty, which destroyed black families.
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"Failed" as in didn't compensate for institutionalized racism in employment, real estate, banking, and criminal justice? What an odd metric.
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Uh, no. To the degree it was actually allowed to be implemented, it worked pretty well.
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What would be your definition of success?
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tell that to all the white women and gay white men who have benefited the most from it
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K. Well the problem with that is it ignores 200+ years of racism baked into laws and society. The quote is fine and good, in a vacuum.
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I wouldn't call it a wrong.
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That's false equivalence and hyperbole. And I think you know that.
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Now and claim everything is all right? It seems like affirmative action is actual close to the least that could be done. 3/
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