fudge's sake you're obtuse. I didn't accuse you of "advocating".
To weigh, measure, consider...
I ponder many things. I consider pondering one of life's most important activities.
Always consider alternative scenarios. And then decide.
As for segregation? Don't agree with anything forced no matter which way it goes. Forced segregation is just as bad as forced integration in my opinion.
Has our country's academic standard improved since integration? Have employment opportunities changed all that much? What's the benefit of forced integration? Is the country club a "better" place since it was forced to accept blacks, women, asians and lesbians? Is the country stronger because the military must allow women, gays and religious zealots from the other side to join the fighting ranks?
Just questions.
Was forced integration the solution? Nope. Schools are worse off. Communities are worse off. The idea that the brightest and best from both sectors would inspire others became a farce. The lower crabs pull the higher achieving ones back into the bucket.
You CANNOT legislate tolerance, acceptance or any of those higher ideals that eggheads (who typically have very little knowledge of real world applications) dream up when creating the perfect society in their minds.
Here's an example for you. One of my daughter's friends has parents who came here 15 years ago from Bangladesh. The dad came here with a college degree, went back and completed an engineering degree in Boston and has been working for the same company as an engineer for the last eight or nine years. They are quasi Muslims. He drinks the occasional beer, cusses and doesn't pray five times a day. They do observe other customs like not eating certain kinds of foods (difficult for spend the night hot dog and hamburger parties), not having pets, etc. But other than a few quirks they're decent people and enjoyable company.
They live in a small, mostly white middle classish neighborhood across the bay from Mobile. The neighbor across the street is a state trooper. He collects Glocks. He erected a flagpole in his front yard from which he flies the American flag and underneath it a "Never Forget 9/11" banner. His kids, typically shirtless and shoeless scream slurs across the street at this family. He's been known to stand in his yard "cleaning his gun" while glaring across the street.
The rest of the neighborhood ignores them. Kids aren't allowed to play with theirs.
They have to drive an hour to shop at a store that stocks food items that they can use.
Is that the American dream?
They are looking to move. To move to a neighborhood that has more Muslim families and that is closer to stores that cater to their personal needs.
Segregation? What would you call it?
The idiot redneck across the street would be more comfortable with a white trash family like his own living across the street. The muslim family would be happier living near other families that share their beliefs, customs and traditions. It's the natural way of things.
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