Subaru wrote:
The Jewish case is an interesting one- segregated for millenia because of religious reasons. However, they were not denied chances like education, jobs, or studies. Maybe it helped the unique qualities of the Jewish people- well able to survive on their economically speaking, and that they're a very much compact group and always willing to help each other out. Jewish were only branded in a social way, though they even helped the very societies that segregated them to their well-being.
However, in the American case, people were for centuries branded -and banned from-by the only fact that their color was different. And they lacked, some still, the means to help them get out of their despairing situation. Most of these minorities, in their under-paid jobs, are the ones holding the economies of some states even. Don't they deserve a chance, even if they might not take it or use it with wisdom? I may be too influenced by my marxist readings, but that's what I think.
Subaru, I would agree with you if there were absolutely zero people of "minority" status in high level positions in the world today. As it is, however, there are some, though maybe not as many as there should be. This suggests that it is not the race itself which is lacking, but the individual. So help the individual that has problems, not the race he belongs to. So yes, I agree with Kry and Ryven when they say that we should help people based on their specific financial situation rather than on the problems their race faced in the past. Concentrating on race only forces more divisiveness into the system. It only makes those who
are more downtrodden than the minorities (and they exist) dislike the minorities even more, leading to more racism.