[TheRealVille]

While I oppose racism per se, I also oppose anti-discrimination laws. I believe that most such laws are clearly in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Equal protection means that all citizens are treated the same. No one has special rights merely because of his/her status in life. Affirmative action, quotas, hate crime laws, etc. are in violation of that basic constitutional right.

For example, a caucasian will likely receive a more severe charge if he batters a member of a minority group than if he batters another caucasian. Are we saying that the head of the minority deserves superior treatment than the head of the caucasian? Why should that be the case?

Equal means equal. Some are not more equal than others. The excuse of past discrimination should have a statute of limitations somewhere along the line. As a caucasian, I should not be expected to carry an excessive burden just because, five or six generations back, my decendents had slaves.

And, while it is admirable to hope that this issue of discrimination were moot, that will never happen. It can't happen any more than will the have nots not resenting the haves and vice versa.

I accept the fact that there will always be prejudice. It goes in all directions with equal vigor. It isn't going to be eradicated. However, I don't accept the trampling of the U.S. Constitution in an effort to give special favors.

In a perfect world your post make all the sense in the world, but we don't live in a perfect world. Left unchecked, discrimination runs rampant, on both sides. Hoot's post about letting the market take care of itself also makes sense, but how many people get screwed until the market straightens everything out? I wish we lived in a "John Lennon" world, but sadly, we aren't there yet. We probably never will be. As far as the constitution goes, I wonder if the founding fathers had thought about the idea of "no slavery", and blacks needing to being treated equal would ever come into play? That has to be considered also. When the constitution was written, whites also had no problem being treated equal, although they also might need some of that protection also, now, in some cases.