Rand’s main argument in her essay “Racism” is that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 will not prevent racism from occurring. She states that the act only encourages the separation of groups because it singles out the minorities to give them more rights while it takes away rights of majority groups. Her solution to this problem is to have the government take no part when it comes to the subject; instead she believes discrimination will end if the government only supports individual rights.
While Rand’s points are interesting, she has no evidence to back up what she is saying. There are no facts in her piece, only her opinion. She has no facts to back up her idea that if the government did not get involved with the issue racism would end. Also she uses the idea of capitalism to promote a truly free society, however not country in the world is completely capitalist, making her point confusing. Since this article has been written, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has showed improvement throughout the country. While racism occurs daily it is nothing like what it used to be like, and I believe that the act has helped and will continue to help make our country “colorblind.”
