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The USA has led the way? I'm not quite sure the USA led the way in affirmative action. That 50 odd years it took them to ban slavery after it was banned in (the lion's share of) the British empire suggests a bit of a lag. As does the extra century it took before JFK finally got round to establishing equal rights for blacks in the south. But if by 'affirmative action' you mean positive discrimination - i.e treating people differently on behalf of their race, just in a non-traditional way - then that's a lead that anywhere else is welcome to. Because that's just racism of a different kind.

30-Jul-2008

10:09 am