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Interesting.
I used to think that the idea of "minority-only" anything was completely unfair but I've kind of given up on that line of thinking. Is there really anything wrong with a blacks-only beauty pageant? If a white girl wants to join a pageant, it's not like she's being entirely excluded -- she can just go join one of the many many MANY pageants without an emphasis on race. And men can't enter the Miss America pageant, but do we hear them complaining?
However, I do think that the creation of blacks-only/Asians-only/Hispanics-only/women's-only/gays-only ANYTHING is kind of sad, because it minimizes the concept of unity. For example, if there's a Miss Black Teen America pageant, that means that less blacks will be entering the Miss Teen America. If the trend continues, that means eventually there will just be a lot of divisions of society, by race or religion or sex or sexual preference or whatever -- instead of having one integrated society. Emphasizing the differences between different cultures is important, but IMO what is more important is emphasizing what we have in common.
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