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People are still feeling the effects of an entire group, all Black people in the US, being prohibited by law from acquiring property, wealth or education during
by tehwebguy 5y ago
People are still feeling the effects of an entire group, all Black people in the US, being prohibited by law from acquiring property, wealth or education during the nation’s most formative years.
The opportunities afforded to the various groups you mentioned are still super unequal. It’s built into society and didn’t just go away when the Civil Rights Act was signed (Title VII doesn’t even apply to companies of less than 15 employees) and that was less than 50 years ago.
Some states protect classes like religion, political party membership, marriage status, illness & orientation by statute. Most states don’t.
What is meant by “diversity of thought?”
- KennyBlanken 5y agoPolitical party membership is not a protected class. Ditto for "illness" (I think you meant 'disablity'?)
- tehwebguy 5y ago> Political party membership is not a protected class. It’s a protected class in at least a few states (looks like NY & CA plus DC & PR, with a hilarious exception in CA). > Ditto for "illness" (I think you meant 'disablity'?) I mean any medical condition that falls short of ADA protection (which also doesn’t apply when there are less than 15 employees)
- visarga 5y ago
- bryanrasmussen 5y agorelated: Exiting the Vampire Castle https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vampire-castle/ https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vam...
- ratww 5y ago> Progressives like to shame the members of their own group into ideological uniformity This happens in pretty much every part of the spectrum. > No original thinking needed, just unconditional support for the cause. The mere fact there are people with dissenting opinions shows there is original thinking.
- sacrosancty 5y ago
- yunohn 5y agoOkay, whatever? I don’t see why this viewpoint means you should be allowed to tweet racist things about black people?
- Proven 5y ago