capital punishment

...eems to thinks so. Page thinks that it is owed to blacks for all the suffering that our race did during the racial period and segregated times. I don’t believe that anything is owed to us. Our race suffered just like any other race suffered but in a different way. I feel our race deserves more respect but I don’t feel that we are owed it because we as black people have to do for ourselves and better ourselves to get more respect. Page uses statistical analysis to show how much smarter white people are then black people but then you have to stop and think blacks would be a lot smarter if we had gotten the same educational values taught to us like white people did. Page uses more ideas that I feel are irrelevant because I don’t want to be treated different because of the color of my skin, I want to be treated the way that shows my intelligence. Shelby Steele contends that “affirmative action has not solved the problem of inequality but has simply resulted in a kind of cosmetic racial representation. In other word she disagrees because she feels black people or women use affirmative action as an excuse. I agree more with Steel because I feel affirmative action will lead more and more to racial inequality becuase blacks and women will nev...

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