"when you say "the same" do you really mean treat everyone as if they were white men? Different people with differing identities work in complex and varied ways - you cannot assume that the historical standards for white men apply to the majority of the world's population who are not white men."

You're over-anaylizing my statement - by treating people the same I mean that the government shouldn't have laws such as affirmative action - it shouldn't base any decision upon race.

As it stands, I treat people the same - why shouldn't I? Can you tell me in what circumstance I should treat a black man differently from a white man?