"Dealing with reality as it is" is not the same as being passive. You/we can do things.
I agree with you that from an economical standpoint it's a horrible idea for the employer. Indeed the whole economy suffers. I also feel I need to point out that it's a horrible idea for the employee - who is being denied livelihood.
Based on that I'm willing to take it a step further and say that we should make such discrimination - where provable - a crime, because it goes against a basic American principle of equal application of the law ("equal protection", as the 14th amendment puts it.)
As Justice Harlan put it, back in 1896:
"In view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens."
See, I'm of the opinion that the tribalism you accept as inevitable is something that can be shaped, and that it should be shaped - by laws and by people - where possible.
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I agree with you that from an economical standpoint it's a horrible idea for the employer. Indeed the whole economy suffers. I also feel I need to point out that it's a horrible idea for the employee - who is being denied livelihood.
Based on that I'm willing to take it a step further and say that we should make such discrimination - where provable - a crime, because it goes against a basic American principle of equal application of the law ("equal protection", as the 14th amendment puts it.)
As Justice Harlan put it, back in 1896:
"In view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens."
See, I'm of the opinion that the tribalism you accept as inevitable is something that can be shaped, and that it should be shaped - by laws and by people - where possible.