Originally Posted by Curious George

Adding to that list is this "forced diversity" and forced equality that we are subjected to. It bothers me that we are forced to accept that every group is equal to or "better than" another group here in the US. There is a purpose for every group, every race of people. We are NOT all the same. We do NOT all have the same abilitites as everyone else. Society needs to accept that. Even insects have different groups with different functions. One just needs to look at a colony of bees to see that this is true. There are different classes of bees within a hive and each class performs a function that is vital to the survival of that hive. Some are workers, others are drones and still others are the queens (or queens in training). Also in the insect/animal world, the ones who cannot function to perform their innate duties will die. If the weak were coddled along, it would divert efforts away from the efficiency of the hive in general, and the hive would soon die.

In human society, we have people who are capable of only certain things, yet that function may be very important. However, in the name of "diversity" and "mainstreaming", we in America are forced to believe that someone who may not ever be a leader could grow up to be President for instance. It's not always the case. Yet to accommodate these "weaker" members-- who may indeed have a valuable strength of their own-- we dumb down our tests and our education, not to challenge and grow the strong ones, but to bolster the weak. Ultimately, even if the weaker members were to achieve the artificially low goals, the position that they have risen to is compromised along with every one else's.

Affirmative action is a prime example of this. By making it so that someone gets into a certain spot based on skin color or ethnicity rather than ability (which is totally independent of any physical or national characteristic), we ultimately compromise the end result. So what if a white person has higher test scores or a better PROVEN job performance than his black counterpart or vice versa? Let the scores speak for themselves. The weaker scoring person then has two choices: try harder and get a better score the next time, or explore themselves to see what they CAN do and pursue that. Let's say I'm critically ill. I would want the best qualified doctor to treat me, regardless of his or her race. I would not want a lesser-qualified doctor who got into med school simply because that school needed to have more "black"/"white"/whatever students in those seats to fulfill some government mandated quota. I want the best and the brightest, and a dumbed-down set of standards can't possibly let that happen.

We are NOT all equal, but we all have the same opportunities to look inside ourselves to see what our own strengths and weaknesses are. Sadly, today's emphasis on "diversity" and "equality" do not allow us to challenge ourselves enough. And without personal challenge, we as a society can't strengthen and grow. We devote too many resources and energy to coddling the weak and not enough on developing the strong. Soon, we will become equally WEAK, and we WILL collapse.

Originally Posted by Curious George

Soon, we will become equally WEAK, and we WILL collapse.