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Originally posted by Stare At The Sun
Oh, so because it happends in your city, it happends everywhere, 1 study= worldwide.
And you say racism still exists, so what? Legally, noone can discriminate, and affirmative action makes sure all these "underprivilaged" minorities get jobs. I don't understand how you can truly support something that favors one group over another, its a catch 22, because thats discrimination against the other guy. There is no way of denying that.
Even though racism exists, that doesnt hinder a students ability to learn, its not like there are segregrated classrooms, or anything like that. If anything, the educational system has been geared toward poorer scoring minorities, and the gov has made it easier to graduate and pass standardized testing.
And honestly, all this preferential treatment is just going to fuel racism more, as whites will keep getting more pissed. If everything, in all aspects was just equal, life would be lots simpler.
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Legally, no one can exceed the speed limit either, yet i think that happens MILLIONS of time daily. Racism does exist and it is a hurdle to overcome. It can get in the way of an education. I don't think AA is the correct answer to this problem, but i do think this whole attitude that "We stamped out racism a long time ago so what are these whiny minorities complaining about?" is very lacking in insight.
Although maybe AA does make a little sense in the context that covert racism (the new american standard) amounts do a de facto pro white affirmative action. I still don't think it is a realistic solution, i just think that many of the white people complaining about it fail to realize that they have been benefitting from de facto anti-minority affirmative action for four hundred plus years.
Maybe that's why it seems so ironic to me when white people decry AA. It has been around in some form or another since columbus landed and has always been to the benefit of the majority race. Not that the tables are turned though, AA is a crime against all that is good and great in america.
Oh yeah, btw, i'm white and i'm speaking in generalizations.