Evidently, I wasn't careful enough to make it clear that "Going forward, at any rate" was intended to mean that I expect and endorse no such unraveling. My apologies. It was so intended.
I hope I didn't explicitly deny the legitimacy of those laws, as they presently appear on the books. I do have the sense that such laws have historically been enforced, and in some cases, have been written in such a way as to put members of some ethnic groups at a disproportionate and inequitable disadvantage. To the extent that my sense is an accurate reflection of reality, I would like to see some reform of those laws, and if that reform results in a temporary disproportionate advantage to those ethnic groups, I think I could be okay with that.
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