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Originally Posted by smooth
If hispanics have become the majority in some regions and are discrimination against white fokes, well, pardon if I don't shed a tear for their "plight."
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That statement seems to say it all right there. Reverse discrimination is OK as long as its against the proper group. AA totally reinforces the barriers its propenents claim they want to break down (or equalize as they put it). Its about retribution.. not equalization.
Sure, race isnt the only criteria that AA uses for "equalization" but the fact that it is one is a problem.
Manx's analogy about alignment is perfectly flawed. The solution to fix alignment is not to compensate by turning the wheel the opposite direction... but to actually fix the alignment.. the real source of the problem.
In all honesty I can live with AA for now (I'm a 26 yr old white male, from a middle class family btw). I havnt been screwed out of a job because of it or denied a slot at a university. AA hasnt affected me in any tangible way. But the fact that it is in place is a valid excuse not to come up with another solution. People seem to forget that even without AA there are laws against discrimination based on race. Perhaps those laws should be enforced. Even proponents of AA seem to admit it that it is a less than perfect band-aid. A band-aid that needs to stay in place till a better solution arrives. Well my question is.. when will you all be happy enough with the situation to remove this peice of legislation? When will AA no longer be necassary?
For as long as I've been alive the majority of people in this country (propelled in great deal by the left) have been trying to dissolve the racial barriers. How does AA support this goal? I cannot fathom with any logic how it does so.
I'm left to conclude that it is still a politically manipulative issue for the left, just like abortion is for the right. Abortion is never going away (at least not without a tough tough struggle) but its a great way to mobilze a base. Thats what AA is. Thats why it will never go away in the forseeable future. It does nothing to solve the problems people hoped it would. It still remains a nice peice of rope for the left to grasp in order to regain some of their lost power in the political arena. That is the only reason I can see the left clings so tenaciously to this obviously flawed peice of legislation. Does it solve any real world problems? Not that I can see..
Break glass in case of emergency....