Here is the lunacy of this argument:
"Americans have been trying their damndest for the last fifty years to make race cease to matter, and yet the problem is said to still be pervasive. Americans have been trying their damndest for the last fifty years to make race cease to matter, and yet the problem is said to still be pervasive. Culture appears to be resilient stuff. We appear no more likely to alter it than to alter genes."
So let's just give into racist impulses and stop trying to eliminate it...is the suggested thinking.
Now, consider this argument in the same form:
Americans have been trying their damndest for the last fifty years to make crime go away, and yet the problem is said to still be pervasive. Americans have been trying their damndest for the last fifty years to reduce crime, and yet the problem is still be pervasive. Culture appears to be resilient stuff. We appear no more likely to alter it than to alter genes.
So let's just give into criminal impulses and stop trying to reduce criminal behavior.
or:
Here is further evidence lunacy of this argument:
Americans have been trying their damndest for the last fifty years to eliminate cancer, and yet the problem is said to still be pervasive. Americans have been trying their damndest for the last fifty years to make cancer vanish, and yet the problem is said to still be pervasive. Cancer appears to be resilient stuff. We appear no more likely to alter it than to alter genes.
So let's stop trying to cure cancer.
What total horsecrap...
"Americans have been trying their damndest for the last fifty years to make race cease to matter, and yet the problem is said to still be pervasive. Americans have been trying their damndest for the last fifty years to make race cease to matter, and yet the problem is said to still be pervasive. Culture appears to be resilient stuff. We appear no more likely to alter it than to alter genes."
So let's just give into racist impulses and stop trying to eliminate it...is the suggested thinking.
Now, consider this argument in the same form:
Americans have been trying their damndest for the last fifty years to make crime go away, and yet the problem is said to still be pervasive. Americans have been trying their damndest for the last fifty years to reduce crime, and yet the problem is still be pervasive. Culture appears to be resilient stuff. We appear no more likely to alter it than to alter genes.
So let's just give into criminal impulses and stop trying to reduce criminal behavior.
or:
Here is further evidence lunacy of this argument:
Americans have been trying their damndest for the last fifty years to eliminate cancer, and yet the problem is said to still be pervasive. Americans have been trying their damndest for the last fifty years to make cancer vanish, and yet the problem is said to still be pervasive. Cancer appears to be resilient stuff. We appear no more likely to alter it than to alter genes.
So let's stop trying to cure cancer.
What total horsecrap...