That really deepened my understanding of your position. Thanks for the additional detail.
I'm sorry. I wasn't really trying to be snarky.
Generalities are sometimes really good things.
Government is absolutely supposed to be blind to the composition of its citizens. Assuming we're talking about the USA here, but that's the design. That is what a republic is about. Did they totally fuck it up by designing it for "all individuals are equal" and then putting "yeah, except for women and blacks"? Um, yeah. Totally. Get that shit out of there. It's a total screwup.
What part of the current government plays favorites? Well, the answer is again "all of it." Do we need examples?
executive: Well AA started with JFK's executive order, so... there's one.
legislative: well, the civil rights act contained the origins, so ... there's one
judiciary: any lawsuit based on executive or legislative.
Assuming (for the moment) we're talking about racism... Racism is stupid. And you just cannot outlaw stupidity. It doesn't work. Some bubba (as in the OT, he was named Bubba) is going to practice it. No law will get rid of that.
But you know what is special about racism? It's distinctly unprofitable. The original topic here is the epitome of this. Bubba was a stupid ass. People made it public and Paula Deen's entire house of cards has tumbled down on her head. She had the power to fix this and passed it up like a dumbass. There has been no governmental judgment here yet... and ... yet it's fixed itself.
Would it have fixed itself in 1960? Doubtful. But I am unconvinced that AA fixed that. I'm pretty sure it was time.... and quite possibly AA made it worse by giving the Bubba's of the world a reason to say "see, the gubment is messing with me." No, the world just doesn't want you acting like a fool, Bubba.
Does that give you understanding? I'm not trying to be an asshole here... I thought I was being clear... I guess I wasn't. I hope that makes it clearer.