The U.S. Government's Love Affair with Discrimination

Note: The inspiration for this article originated in Chapter 1 of Judge Andrew Napolitano's “Lies The Government Told You,” which I would be remiss not to mention. However, the Judge mostly focuses on the history of discrimination against African-Americans and former slaves, and the resulting affirmative action laws that exist today. I felt that a broader approach was warranted due to the profound implications that state-supported collectivist preference (or outright servitude) has for us all.

From the founding of this nation's government, we have lived in a society where “all men are created equal,” but are not treated that way. In fact, at some point in America's short history, you can probably find an example where your ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or religion has received the short end of the state's disregard for one of the basic rights that they claim to protect. Such discrimination has also occurred in nearly every administration, across party lines, in good economic times and bad, in times of war and of peace. A common thread can be seen in each case: the discrimination has been driven by political motives and the expansion of state power.