I kind of agree with the author of the article. I am bothered by points being made based on 'the numbers.' I always wonder how the calculated outcomes could possibly be accurate. How has compensation been made for the differences in sample size. For example if 85% of a group is red and 15% is blue naturally there will be always be fewer examples from the blue group.
Another problem in dealing with USA's or any other countries issues numericaly is in holding the concept of the country being one 'place' or united to the extent that rules applying to one in a population should apply equality to all members. One size fits all. Maybe it would be easier to understand the reality if this country were renamed the United Peoples Living in the Area Located Between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. In reality the only overall unifying factor is the federal government. Who are a large money hungry group of people with a lot of individual agendas. Who only control the individual states with purse strings and by pitting one group of citizens against another, and fear and now covid.
Something else to consider is the makeup of each of these different areas between the oceans. Some places have populations in which the larger number of citizens are asian american. Naturally most jobs will be held by asians. Other areas might have a larger population of individuals of white european descent and in those cases I would assume most employers would hire white Americians instead of Hispanic Americians, why? Because there are more of them. For any one group to hold themselves up as worthy of special attention because of their overall smaller population size or the individual history of that small group in a country, makes no sense to me.
In fact generalization, strero typing is part of the definition of racism. It certainly does not fit into the definition of democracy which is majority rule. Does democracy mean majority rule? How does "we accept your decision because you have the smaller or less prosperous, less healthy population" fit into the idea of democracy?
Off topic, but a there is concern about the fall of America. I don't see failure in my great grand childrens future but I do see an amercan style Brexit or a USSR dissolution. Sooner or later people will realize this countries population has gotten too large to be ruled by a seperate (federal) government.
Narrative essay
The old rooster walked through the yard crowing occasionally. There are only a couple of competitors in his domain, but so far he has not been seriously challenged so there have been no bloody fights or worse yet deaths. A situation not uncommon among roosters. One other rooster in the yard, in particular is so passive a hens chastises him soundly if he attempts to dominate her and I noticed he is cautious around the other hens and stays clear of the old rooster.
Suddenly out of nowhere a large shadow covers the ground. There is a noisy chorus of cackling and screeching as the other chickens see the threat and they sound the alarm. A large hawk swooped down grabbing the old rooster, capturing him with its long sharp talons. The pair disappear above the trees and into the clouds.
The old rooster may have been cock of the walk in the realm of his peers , but in nature there was another superior to him, a predator that in a flash put him at the bottom of the pecking order . A creature Superior to the extent that the old rooster became lunch for the other bird.
