Other than the 1488 crowd wanting to be able to say ‘no blacks allowed’ in certain businesses, I’m genuinely curious what else is in there that should make it get repealed?
I personally would like it not repealed mainly because I would be personally affected by said policy obviously, but I’m curious in the reasons outside of just that, if y’all have reasons other than that, as AFAIK, the CRA violates freedom of assembly in the view of people who have that opinion.
Multiple reasons. 1st and foremost is the freedom of expression and assembly, which the civil rights act blatantly violates. There’s also the fact that the act has never been held to the “equal” standards but has allowed the brazen racist insanity we see today where even US Colonels are allowed to say “Don’t hire white men” with zero repercussions. The only version of a civil rights act that should exist is one that prevents the government from discriminating against it’s citizens. Not one that openly allows racial, sexual, etc discrimination as long as you are not a “minority” or “protected class”.
Doubtful, if anything you would see a massive boost in acceptance for not being a SoundCloud rapper with face tattoos. Sowell covered this quite explicitly and is something he is more than qualified to speak on being a black Harvard graduate before the CRA. He also goes over how most economic businesses would have “racial policies” that were rarely enforced (see the actual story of Rosa Parks) because it was completely economically unsustainable to have to run two passenger cars or buses for people that were all able to fit into one. The government were the ones who forced businesses hands on the matter and cost them massively financially, same with minimum wage, affirmative action, on and on.
The government should have no say in how I want to run a business, if I want to hire straight white men exclusively then I should be able to, the economy should be the decisive factor on whether or not that is sustainable or enough “diversity of thought” to compete with “diverse” businesses.
I'm 95% with you, but I do think discriminating on the bases of race or gender should be illegal. None of this protected class or affirmative action crap, just 100% color blind ban on racial discrimination. The only thing that should be considered when hiring someone is whether they can do the job.
of course, the burden of proof always lies with the accuser, and so the accuser should be the person responsible for providing proof that they were discriminated on by race, and not just because they were not qualified.
Okay, what if someone holds the sincere belief that women or a particular race can't do the job as well as other applicants? Should they be forced to hire them anyway because that judgement is based on race or sex?
And even if that person does not believe that women or a particular race would perform worse, but they simply feel uncomfortable around them or have some personal belief that would be in conflict with hiring them, why should they be forced to? Isn't that tyrannical? Why should the government get to dictate acceptable hiring criteria to private business owners?