A very nicely put email from my Productivity Guy:

Jonah
Lots of good stuff on this in the Corner, but another important issue is how conservatives and liberals process and respond to feelings of “guilt.” Conservatives (eventually) recognize that racism and segregation violate human dignity because they restrict individual liberty and inappropriately extend State power. This is a well-defined, tangible injustice that leads to a specific solution – pass new laws that guarantee individual rights.
Liberals, on the other hand, see racism as an implication of society rather than a violation of individual rights. This more amorphous feeling leads to an ever-shifting set of “solutions” that naturally create an expanded public presence in the form of new government agencies and programs.
It’s not surprising that a more broad feeling of “guilt” leads to constantly evolving policy responses because, after all, how can you assuage a generally guilty conscience? Shifting blame from individuals to more amorphous “forces” makes it pretty much impossible that the guilt will ever disappear.