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Originally posted by Killconey
Seriously, why would you need to give a person extra credit if you had faith in his ability to pass the test without it? This is extremely racist, yet no one seems to notice because its all done to eliminate racism. I am firmly against all forms of affirmative action for that reason. The best person should get the job. Period. I have met several black people and hispanic people and asians who could all steal jobs away from me because of their abilities, not because of their skin color, and I have faith that minorities could very easily succeed without affirmative action.
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This idea of a "color blind" society is some interesting propoganda put forth by the conservative faction. Affirmative Action was put in place to address real, actual discrimination by real, actual people. Discrimination was rampant across America. Blacks were regularly prevented from voting, had to use separate sections of the bus, separate water fountains, etc. Have we forgotten all this so soon?
While I think there is lots of room to argue one way or another about where to draw the line with affirmative action and quotas, the whole concept that affirmative action is "racism" and therefore we shouldn't do it is a grammatical trick along the lines of "partial birth abortion" and distracts from the issue at hand.
Minorities do not have an equal opportunity in the united states. For example, the federal sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine, used by more minorities, are still much harsher than those for regular cocaine, used by more whites. I have yet to hear a conservative call out for a correction to this terrible racist problem.