Saturday, December 1, 2007

A new plan:

I have thought long and hard on how segregation could be ended. How do you have both sides win? Is it even possible? Can I even see all the sides right now or am I still oblivious? Even with the questions and doubts running through my head I came up with an idea on ending segregation.

Building from the realization both sides are arguing for the same thing- to look out for everybody’s best interest- we could, over a series of years, investigate which forms of segregation are beneficial to people and which forms are not. For example, after studying two groups of people- one with gender equality and one with gender segregation- we would be able to see which forms of gender segregation are beneficial to people and which ones are not. They would be observed to see if wearing the same clothes or different clothes are better, whether having one restroom for both genders or two are better, whether or not class rooms with all one gender learn better than with ones mixed and so on. If we did this with all types of segregation we would be able to see where segregation would be beneficial and where it wouldn’t. By having both sides represented with their core idea expressed as the fulcrum of the investigation the results of these experiments would move towards ending segregation because both sides would see the truth leading from their defining belief.

Failing?

Many forms of segregation are illegal in the United States. Yet, many people passively aggressively cheat the system in an attempt to follow what they believe is right. Making segregation illegal didn’t stop the issue because it created a dichotomy, the winners (those against segregation) and the losers (those for segregation). Unlike other heated topics the "losers" fight back silently where as the "winners" who feel threatened voice their opinions on the matter. Until both sides are able come to a winning situation their will not be peace in the issue of segregation.