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Re: The pro-affirmative action who seem to think those of us against it are somehow racist or bigoted...
To play devil's advocate for a minute, suppose you want to go to a particular college and have to test in. Suppose you are of Arabic decent. There are 20 slots open. You take the test, know you got every part correct. Then you go see the counselor who hands you back your completed paperwork and a test with a 75 marked on it. "Sorry, but because of your heritage, we had to deduct 25 pts because there are white kids that need the breaks."
That's what affirmative action does-it twists things like test scores to give advantages to minorities, when they aren't really at a disadvantage any more based on race. Granted, school districts are still not equal across the country, but AA doesn't deal with where you come from, but how you look.
A story was in the news a couple years ago about a mother going up against a California school district because they put her son into and ESL class even though he
was 3rd generation American-born-their last name was Hispanic.
Programs like affirmative action are reverse discrimination and in this age of such diversity, is unneeded and outdated.
By the same token as the above article in the OP, would it be fair in the year 2050 to keep such programs but recipients be only white? Because that is what supporters of affirmative action are advocating.
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