The real problem

Article Abstract:

Efforts should be directed toward eliminating the disparity in academic achievement between the races, as this would eliminate the need for preferential programs such as affirmative action. Evidence suggests that blacks can progress without race-based preferences, and these preferences also contribute to a lack of understanding between the races. Affirmative action suggests that blacks really are different from whites since they need racial preferences to get ahead. Improvements in public education would do more to promote black progress than affirmative action.

Affirmative action

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From "colorblind" white supremacy to American multiculturalism

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The principle of colorblindness is often a disguised form of white supremacy, one that is being manifested in the US today as a backlash against multiculturalism. White supremacy or multiculturalism are the only two possibilities. Demographically the nation has always been multicultural, and thus the social and political recognition of this reality seems inevitable. However, the recent Supreme Court cases of Shaw v. Reno and Miller v. Johnson concerning election districting exemplify the conservatives' contorted efforts to maintain white supremacy.

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Individualism before multiculturalism

Article Abstract:

Individualism should be emphasized rather than multiculturalism. This approach stresses that the most significant challenges facing each person are those arising out of the human condition, rather than any specific racial issues. Colorblindness should be established as a political principle to enable people to rise above racial differences. Racial essentialism, on the other hand, has polarized society, while the consciousness of victimization has not helped blacks to fulfill their individual potential.

Individualism

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