CJC@psuvm.BITNET (06/05/85)
Subject: Re: Discrimination and Affirmative Action In article <879@mnetor.UUCP> clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis) writes: >Considering the long way society has come since the '30s and '40s it >would be far better to let things alone and the problem of discrimination >will disappear as it has been doing - things have been happening >without anybody really noticing. -- I suspect that you must have been not born or too young to notice during the 50's, 60's, and 70's - there were influential court cases and Supreme Court decisions which were well publicised, peaceful demonstrations (in the 50's) which were also widely publicised, and (in the 60's) violent, destructive riots (look up Watts) which were *very* widely publicised. People noticed. I assure you, people noticed. The problem of discrimination hasn't just been disappearing by itself; what progress has been made has taken a lot of work by a lot of people. >Chris Lewis, --Carolyn J. Clark Bitnet: CJC at PSUVM UUCP : :allegra, akgua, ihnp4:!psuvax!CJC@PSUVM.BITNET ARPA : cjc%psuvm.BITNET@Berkeley