Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Discrimination is a Virtue
In "Discrimination is a Virtue" the author, Robert Miller, discusses how the word 'discrimination' is misunderstood. He reveals how it actually means to differentiate between two things in an informed manner, instead of the commonly used definition of disliking something because of trivial stereotypes. I think that the idea that Miller brought up definitely applies to the current presidential race, being that an African American man and a woman both have a good chance of becoming the president. When talking about the presidential race, people use the word 'discriminate' wrongly. The presidential candidates should be discriminated from each other, but not in the way the public sees the word. Discriminating between the candidates means that all the important differences are looked at and analyzed. So, discrimination actually helps when deciding who is the best candidate for president and not deciding who is the best candidate based on trivial trails, such as race or gender.
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I agree with you about how we should look at each presidential candidate and analyze their differences besides looking at how they would best fit the job based on gender or race. Listening to what they have to say and analyzing their solutions to each issue will help us to decide who is the best candidate. You did a really good job summing up Miller's essay and applying it to the presidential election and if someone had not read Miller's essay, I think you did a good job helping them to understand what the word discriminate really means. Good post!
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