Authors: Gennady Shkliarevsky
The article discusses the recent decision by SCOTUS to repeal affirmative action. It addresses one very important question: Is the repeal of affirmative action a good thing? Following a brief historical overview, the article offers a critique of affirmative action. It argues that affirmative action does not true inclusion, but rather a surrogate. There are several problems that the article sees with the intellectual and moral foundation of affirmative action. First of all, it offers selective inclusion that is merely a form of exclusion, rather than universal inclusion. Also, affirmative action is elitist in its approach; it has been formulated by elites and for the benefit of elite rule. The article particularly focuses on three major features of black culture that are cultivated in the black community and are integral to black identity: the role of the church and religion in public life; the principle of the sanctity of life, and the black family and family values. The article shows that liberal ideology and practice [ignore] these values that are so important to the black community. Liberal disregard for these values amounts to de facto exclusion of the black community and culture by the liberal elites. Finally, the article offers a perspective that makes possible to embrace black values on their own terms. The proposed perspective makes possible to achieve true inclusion and equality for all races and groups in American society. The article concludes that the repeal of affirmative action is a right thing to do since it opens new possibilities in the search for inclusion, equality, and justice.
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