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In reply to the discussion: Biden's answer on 'repairing the legacy of slavery' and 'inequality in schools and race' [View all]still_one
(92,141 posts)and home life in molding someone growing up.
The answer is not so easy though, because it infringes on the rights of parents to raise their children as they see fit.
For example, a child brought up in a family which advocates the views of racism and bigotry, how will that child turn out?
It is not that far different than those who say, no one can tell me whether my kid can be vaccinated or not. While it can be argued legitimately, that this represents a public health hazard that affects the well-being of everyone, the environment a child is brought up in will also have an impact on society.
"No one tells me how I am going to raise my child"
At what point, if ever, should society intervene?
That is easy to determine if the child is provided with drugs or other concrete things that endanger that child, but that can't be done in cases with parents who don't involve themselves in what their children are doing, because it infringes on our freedoms.
That is why things like the school lunch programs, big brothers, head start, etc. are so important to try to address those deficiencies, and to ignore those deficiencies exist is putting one's head in the sand.
This is not the first time this issue has been brought up. This discussion has been going on for some time.
It is related to the reparation issue.
It is related to affirmative action.
It is related to the busing issue. To try to move students into a better environment where they can be in a better learning environment.
This is not simply a binary issue, it is far more complex, and involves individual rights, parents rights, and societies responsibilities, and I would argue those who want to simplify it to absolutisms, that if you go one way you are a racist, and if you go another way you are not, I believe are ignoring the complexities of the entire issue
I am skeptical how many actually want to have a real discussion on this, because it does involve some uncomfortable things, and they don't just apply to one demographic.
Every candidate should be asked this question, and I would venture most will not be able to give a simple answer because of the complexities involved
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden