Is tolerance intolerant?

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Jor I do understand the theory behind affirmative action. I agree with equal opportunities and diversity of opinion. What I don’t agree with is forced, unmerited equality. I feel that is just another form of unhealthy discrimination. Feel free to correct any of my ignorance in bullet format if you like.

Then please fill me in on what your objection to it is, because so far you haven't done so. It isn't forced, unmerited equality. That is not the goal of affirmative action. Affirmative action aims to stop the cycle of inequality that results from prior discrimination. Apparently you have a problem with that. What it is, I don't know.

A majority of whites say discrimination against them exists in America today, according to a poll released Tuesday from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

"If you apply for a job, they seem to give the blacks the first crack at it," said 68-year-old Tim Hershman of Akron, Ohio, "and, basically, you know, if you want any help from the government, if you're white, you don't get it. If you're black, you get it."

More than half of whites — 55 percent — surveyed say that, generally speaking, they believe there is discrimination against white people in America today. Hershman's view is similar to what was heard on the campaign trail at Trump rally after Trump rally. Donald Trump catered to white grievance during the 2016 presidential campaign and has done so as president as well.

Notable, however, is that while a majority of whites in the poll say discrimination against them exists, a much smaller percentage say that they have actually experienced it. Also important to note is that 84 percent of whites believe discrimination exists against racial and ethnic minorities in America today.

People from every racial or ethnic group surveyed said they believe theirs faces discrimination — from African-Americans and Latinos to Native Americans and Asian-Americans, as well as whites.

Majority Of White Americans Say They Believe Whites Face Discrimination