Facebook | John Rahim Mahdi: Rand Paul, the Civil Rights Act, and Private Discrimination

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why on earth, in 2010, would a black person (or member of any other "protected class") wish to go out of his or her way to do business with, or place himself or herself in the employ of, a bigot? Is the "right" to fatten the pockets of someone who sees you as his or her inferior (by, for example, patronizing his or her business, or placing your skills at his or her disposal) really a right worth fighting for? If so...why?

For my part, I'd love to see a "No Blacks Allowed" sign, or something to that effect, in the window of a local bigot's business, so that I could know to avoid associating (financially and in any other way) with him or her...as well as with anyone that he or she may be doing business with. As it stands now, bigots cannot "out" themselves in such an explicit way without fear of a lawsuit, thus we are probably all unknowingly doing business with bigots.

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Comments

[pasquin.livejournal.com]

Why wouldn't a member of a protected class want this government protection?

Now businesses have to prove they're not doing anything illegal. What an advantage.

[bkrichar.livejournal.com]

Very well put thanks. I've been mulling around a lot of the same thoughts and you pretty much organized them for me.

[drewkitty.livejournal.com]

>> If you're part of a group that's five percent of the population, and twenty percent of the majority really don't appreciate your right to even exist in the word, it's pretty darn likely that every business will see it in their economic interest to exclude the minorities.

Very minor quibble. A sufficiently forward-thinking business will take conscious advantage of the potential captive market and low cost, high value employees available within the minority population. This results in higher prices and lower wages for the minority groups while the forward-thinking business pats itself on the back for being in the forefront of diversity.

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

In Louisiana, we got to see the bigots labeled in 1991 when David Duke ran for Governor.