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Originally Posted by alansmithee
Here you are totally wrong. Not only do you give a false dillema, but you give the wrong dillema. AA is not meant to help those who are socioeconomically disadvantaged, it's meant to help eliminate inequalities in the socioeconomic system that arrise from race or sex. The reason a poor white guy shoudn't get the same benefit from AA as a minority/woman is because the problem being addressed by AA is an inequality in oportunity between white males and minorities/women, and not inequalities in opportunity between socioeconomic classes. You are trying to combine two separate issues into one. Maybe if you would actually try understanding the issue at hand you would better see the point of AA. Because currently it doesn't seem you understand either the purpose of AA or the problems it seeks to correct.
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While the goal of AA to level the playing field may be a noble one, I'm afraid the cure may be worse than the illness. Causing additional animosity between the races/sexes does not help us to build an integrated society where people are judged on the basis of their ability and character.
If AA was limited (expanded) to addressing inequalities in opportunity between socioeconomic classes it would not be nearly as controversial. If the class (wealth) difference in our country was addressed by AA, surely a great number of minorities and women would benefit, after all the lower classes are probably made up of those most discriminated against. The wealthy of any race/sex, etc.. do not need the government's assistance.
The government can set an example by enforcing laws against discrimination without showing preference to one group or another. Mothers and fathers should teach their children to judge people on their merits and to ignore race/sex when determining people's abilities. We have to get to the point where we understand that we are all humans and all in this together.
A poor white man/woman has a lot more in common with a poor minority man/woman than either has with the wealthy of any race/sex.