The fact that an African-American firefighter would punch a Latino firefighter, because the Latino firefighter stood up for equality under the law, is ridiculous. It's sad that some minorities want their employers to promote them based-on the color of their skin instead of the content of their character, and these are the ones who have been holding back minorities for the last 45 years. Did they not listen to Martin Luther King, Jr - a man that is held up as a martyr among men and in the same esteem as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln?
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
The content of one's character is judged based-on merit and how they deal with others. Holding minorities to a lesser standard than whites is reverse discrimination and does not hold true to the words that King spoke on August 28th, 1963. If minorities aren't up to par competing based-on merit, they need to shape-up and start working harder and smarter, instead of complaining about discrimination. Focusing on championing educational achievement in minority communities by the minorities themselves, like Booker T. Washington had done, would be a great start.
But too many minorities feel entitled today because of injustices that occurred in the past. But do you know what? This is America. We aren't limited by a caste society where you must stay in the same social bracket that your parents were born in and perform the same job as them. We have the freedom to be our own people. If your workplace is discriminating against you, then quit and start your own company whose policies of non-discrimination will make you out-compete the competition and put them out-of-business.
Yes, there is still racism in America, but it isn't nearly as bad as it was 50 or 150 years ago. Today's racism is peanuts compared to then. So stop complaining and start working, doing otherwise is a disservice to those that were enslaved and faced heavy discrimination in the past. And if American-born minorities don't start working, then the immigrating minorities will leave them in the dust (and hopefully change the culture of laziness among some of the American-born ones at the same time). Just look at President Obama. He's the son of a Kenyan immigrant (no American slave roots). It's the work ethic that counts.
p.s. Apparently Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor doesn't agree that merit should be held above color.
