The real-world effects of the White House’s diversity initiatives will soon be revealed.
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Everynationhasanoperatingideology.Inacountrythathewsfaithfullytotheprinciplesembeddedinitswrittenconstitution,thatideologyisovert.Inatyrannicalgovernment,however,itisconcealed,astheregimepreachesonesetofvaluesinprinciplebutpursuestheoppositeinpractice.
MostAmericansbelievethatournationtodaylivesuptoitsfoundingprinciplethatallmenarecreatedequal.Theletterofthelawseemstoprovideforcolorblindequality,accordingtowhichindividualsarejudgedontheirtalentsandvirtues,ratherthanontheirancestry,religion,orplaceoforigin.
Thishasnotheldtrueinpractice,however.Mostobviously,ofcourse,wasthelongAmericanhistoryofslaveryanddisenfranchisementofAfricanAmericans.Since1965,however,whenLyndonJohnsonfirstimplementedthepolicyofaffirmativeactioninfederalcontracting,theUnitedStateshasraciallydiscriminatedinfavorofminoritygroups—maintainingdiscrimination,butchangingthetarget.
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