I had an interesting conversation with a gentleman yesterday
that I found quite enlightening. We were talking about employment
opportunities, and he noted that there are jobs openings for people here that
are not being filled because of a lack of training or lack of education. That
is an obvious statement that I have heard many times before, but where he went
with his next few statements was an interesting viewpoint. The gist of his
statements was, “what would be a very effective means of denying opportunity to
a segment of the population if you were so inclined?” Then he switched to
slavery in the early 1800’s and, of all things, talked about women in Muslim
societies. His point was that slaves in the 1800’s were denied educational
opportunities. Also, education of women in Muslim societies is also limited to
what men will allow. The purpose in both cases is to limit opportunity for
self-improvement and this limits employment opportunities. Our current system
is set up so that there is almost a guarantee that the schools in the ghettos
will be inferior.
Funding for schools in ghettos is generally
inferior to that of other schools. The facilities are generally also inferior. The
democrats constantly espouse the viewpoint that the only reason that anyone denied
a job who is from a minority (Black or Latino especially) was denied because of
racial discrimination. This supports the attitude that education is a waste of
time. After all, if you will be denied a job simply because you are black or
Latino, then what purpose is served by education? The reality is that a person
is usually denied a job because the employer is looking for someone who can do
the job, and the ability to do the job is dependent on the applicant having
certain skills, one of which is basic education. However, this attitude which
the democrats work hard at creating serves them well, because the democrats
always claim that only they have the solution, more government handouts which
come with restrictions that act to imprison the recipients with more government
control limiting self-reliance which leads to further government control ad nauseam.
So, if you want to deny employment opportunity
to a group of people, then you can set up a system which will provide inferior
education and complement this with a strategy of telling the people that any
and every employment denial is because of their race. This is a two-pronged
strategy which effectively denies the tools for economic success (education)
and instills a negative attitude towards education which lessens the chance
that the minority will pursue education.
How can you ensure that the
education opportunity is inferior? Well, one thing is obvious. The people must
be given only one choice for education. This is the democrat’s position. They claim
that all education must be supplied by only the government. It is a classic
Hobson’s choice. Choose this or nothing! How can I make this assertion? The
democrats vehemently oppose any kind of educational choice programs (such as
voucher systems) where the oppressed people may be able to choose something
better than what the government wants to cram down their throats. The democrats
claim that the only solution is to throw away more money in the government
dictated education system. It is clearly obvious that more money does not
necessarily translate into better schools.
I will end with this last
comparison. In the early 1800’s, the slave owners purposely provided either no
education or the absolute minimum required for the slaves they owned. This
ensured that the slaves had little or no chance to improve themselves. Today,
the democrats insist that the only education available must be government
supplied. The education opportunities being provided for minorities is
generally inferior, and the democrats intend to maintain the status quo by
denying the people a path to choose better education. Does there seem to be a
similarity between then and now?
