In general, anti-AA venom-spitters are slighted white males whose easy-ride lifestyle was relied upon to pave the way silently for their success. When these bitter little narcissists hit a wall -- a committee blind to their supposed innate superiority, a hurdle where everything they value about themselves can't QUITE get them past -- they lash out in shame-rage, a classic sociopathic / narcissistic response. The only legitimate response is to ignore their petulant hisses, and remind them that they are NOT the center of the universe, NOT the best, and when you come right down to it, not even really very good at all. See them spit in shame and fury!
Can't blame them really, given the state of society. It wasn't too long ago that the basic unit of society was the "citizen." Today, it's the "consumer." We scrabble about in a vast me-first, spend-more super-size orgy of waste and excess, and dawn's about to break.
Whew. Good morning, LSD!
I am a little kinder. I think that many anti-AA people simply don't have a lot of encounters with discrimination. Not personally, not anyone they know. Likely it is because they are from a largely white, middle class or higher, world. They know that they wouldn't (consciously) discriminate, nor would their friends. Why is race a problem, except for those gang bangers who bring it on themselves? Ironically, these are the folks who stand to benefit most from increased diversity to minorities from all points on the SES spectrum. To see how even an articulate, middle class black girl gets ostracised and struggles because of her race. To listen to her unique perspective.
Look earlier in the thread. Scooby (if I recall correctly) compared the racism that minorities face to the discrimination he faced as a CHRISTIAN in his high school. Seriously, the best model for personal discrimination he faced was as a Christian in America. No wonder he doesn't see a need for AA.