“Where does it stop?” It stops when justice has been achieved. It stops when power is no longer used to oppress and crush, but instead used to expand love and live.

We cannot – and should not – pretend differences among people do not exist. (I feel like we’ve disagreed on this point before…) Likewise, we cannot assume a laissez-faire approach will result is expanding justice. History bears this out. Those with power unfortunately tend to use that power to keep and gain more power.

Rantz,
You’re comments about putting one group in front of another have me thinking. There’s an implication that the two groups (women and men; non-whites and whites; etc.) are on par, i.e. you can choose which group gets put in front.

Isn’t it the case, however, that in many cases one group tends to be way in front of the other? Take the case of women in many developing nations. A variety of social structures have kept women way behind men. So could it be more accurate to say these sort of targeted missions providing a boost to a group that is way behind.