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LiberalFighter

(50,942 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2023, 06:09 PM Jan 2023

America would not be America without minorities.

Our history consists of minorities contributing to the success in America. Despite the bad treatment they received. How much more could they contribute if they were the same as whites?

I see nothing to indicate minorities are less educated, less civilized, or any trait applied to whites. It is all a matter of environment and opportunities.

It is about some whites want everything for themselves and blame minorities for any problems they have.

Providing the same opportunities and availability to minorities would make life better not just for them but for everyone. It would also reduce government costs and personal costs.

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America would not be America without minorities. (Original Post) LiberalFighter Jan 2023 OP
agree republianmushroom Jan 2023 #1
It is what made us a powerhouse of strength, innovation, courage, ingenuity. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #2
100% true. Including ethnic minorities of all races. Women, though Hortensis Jan 2023 #3
I would be okay with sending people back 100 years for the experience. LiberalFighter Jan 2023 #4
Lol, perhaps if it took out more thoughtless people than others, Hortensis Jan 2023 #5

Irish_Dem

(47,114 posts)
2. It is what made us a powerhouse of strength, innovation, courage, ingenuity.
Wed Jan 25, 2023, 07:01 PM
Jan 2023

The minorities and immigrants mixed in with the white old timers.

Now we are going to be boring styrofoam white bread.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
3. 100% true. Including ethnic minorities of all races. Women, though
Wed Jan 25, 2023, 07:13 PM
Jan 2023

not a minority technically, have been treated as the nation's largest and most continually abused minority with victims from all races and ethnic groups, includes enslavement.

Don't imagine we're all too mean and stupid to try to improve life for everyone, though. The advances decent people have still managed to accomplish just in the past 20 years against great opposition are big. As for the 50 before that! A juggernaut the people on the wrong side of the arc of justice can't stop.

IF ONLY people could be sent back just 100 years as an incredibly valuable learning experience. The risks involved with only 100 years (1923) would be too dangerous to allow, though. As for 200 years to 1822? NO way.

LiberalFighter

(50,942 posts)
4. I would be okay with sending people back 100 years for the experience.
Wed Jan 25, 2023, 07:20 PM
Jan 2023

The risks would be worth it if it reduced the current population.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
5. Lol, perhaps if it took out more thoughtless people than others,
Wed Jan 25, 2023, 07:48 PM
Jan 2023

especially young ones who hadn't reproduced yet. But that's possible. People who never consider the survival benefits of living in in this era, for instance, including not having to behave "appropriate" to a member of any minority where dropped, would probably be dangerously slow to recognize their disappearance and be wary of -- Whoops!

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