[commandlinefan]

> lazy mental shortcuts like race or religion

I think he's saying the opposite - you have to work backwards to ensure that your results don't end up such that you can be accused of having done so, regardless of how you actually came to the conclusion.

[someguydave]

Yes, that is what I mean. I also genuinely believe that if we just go back to the First Amendment default of complete freedom of contract and freedom of association (no legally protected categories) that the market will sort things out just fine. Racist companies will lose to companies that hire competent people of all races.

The remedy of the existing civil rights legal regime was much too strong and too far-reaching for the disease of Southern racism, which has largely been eliminated anyway.