Affirmative action: Reverse racism or concessions for past atrocities?

[Az]

I still don't know how are decisions made in your society ( I don't know how to call it )

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
Socialist bollocks.

What does socialism have to do with it? The class-only arguement of AA is argued mostly by the right.

[chequita guevara]

AA is largely responsible for the increase in job opportunities for white women.

AA is not a remedy for past racism, but for current racism and sexism. The purpose is that it forces companies and institutions to accept qualified aplicants that might otherwise be rejected solely on account of race or gender. Despite what many people think, this is still quite common.

Despite the belief's of idiots like Donald Trump, being Black or Hispanic in the US is still a handicap when trying to get a job or an education or a place to live or a loan from the bank or when dealing with the government.

Now, should that handicap be worth 20 in the UMichigan applications system? Maybe, maybe not. Seems kinda high to me since the academic disparity between whites overall and Blacks overall isn't very great when measured by the SAT and ACT (only 1 point on the ACT, IIRC). On the other hand, Blacks only make about 70% of what whites make in the job market. So you have a range between 3% to 30%.

[Solly]

Let's assume the roles are reversed. Would you be happy acquiring a job due to your skin colour or race, Chegitz?

How would you feel acquiring that job, when you got it because the company needed to fulfil a quota?

I am completely against AA. AA..the new KKK.

[Dinner]

Racism is wrong and so AA is wrong.

[chequita guevara]

Stew, you're on my ignore list. Don't bother trying to argue with me.

[Stefu]

Socialist bollocks. Why is it that Arabic doctors in sweden are forced to take jobs selling ****ing hot dogs while there's a huge demand for people with their skills in hospitals? Why are there no women cheif executives in the entire fortune 500? Why do working-class people hurl racist abuse at blacks, exclude them from their communities and treat them as less? Why is it still socially acceptable to hate homosexuals?

On the other hand, Snappy, how come the anti-Irish prejudice has all but disappeared (to the best of my knowledge) from the US? How come anti-Catholicism is consigned to nutcases like Jack T. Chick? (If we're not counting the new progressive anti-Catholicism, of course.) How come it's no longer socially acceptable to hate Jews?

Progress happens. There wasn't even a need for any social engineering to achieve it. Fancy that.

[Solly]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Stew, you're on my ignore list. Don't bother trying to argue with me.

Gaylord.

[Stefu]

Oh look, Stewie's learnt a new word.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Stefu
On the other hand, Snappy, how come the anti-Irish prejudice has all but disappeared (to the best of my knowledge) from the US?

They're white, but they're also Catholic.

How come anti-Catholicism is consigned to nutcases like Jack T. Chick? (If we're not counting the new progressive anti-Catholicism, of course.)

What progressive anti-Catholicism? Evangalist anti-Catholicism hasn't ended here, btw. I know people who lived in parts of the US where they had to keep their Catholicism a secret.

How come it's no longer socially acceptable to hate Jews?

Mainly because of the Holocaust, but it still happens rather frequently in the US. I'm not just talking about whacko's like skniheads and neo-nazi types. I've known people who got beat up in school for being a Christ-killer, and in parts of the South Jews are treated like second class citizens who are tolerated as long as they don't complain.

[Solly]

It's my belief that minorities should integrate themselves, rather than expecting the natives to do it for them.

[chequita guevara]

I think it's a well established fact that no one really gives a damn what you think, Stewie.

[Caligastia]

AA is all about treating people according to their group status, not as individuals. It's legalized discrimination - the same kind of discrimination the civil rights act was supposed to end.

[Solly]

It's white-bashing, that's why the libs love it so much.

[Caligastia]

It's the reason incompetents like Blair Jayson got promoted to high positions in the NY Times - a 'diverse' workforce is considered more important than a quality workforce.