shakran

you tell me how we can get affirmative action and "african american" awards to differentiate between blacks of african descent and blacks of non-african descent OR can differentiate between blacks who's ancestors were slaves and blacks who's ancestors were slave owners, and I'll be pretty impressed.

smooth

Why should affirmative action distinguish between those groups you just listed?

From your post it becomes apparent to me that you aren't aware of how affirmative action works, nor who is the largest beneficiary of it.

The first part is that it guarantees access to minority groups, where they have been previously underrepresented.

The second part is that the largest beneficiary of A.A. are white women.

shakran

well that's my point. It shouldn't. But throughout this thread, certain people have insisted on referring to black people as "african american" as though that term is synonymous with black. It isn't, and any attempt to justify its use is a bullshit justification for trying to place an even larger wedge between the races. In short, it's an attempt to continue the racial problem we have today, and IMHO that's not only a bad idea, it's immoral.