Affirmative Action

[Imran Siddiqui]

Maryland isn't SOUTH! It's as south as DC (ie, not at all)!

[SpencerH]

The real test of a southerner is whether you can say y'all properly without a hint of embarassment.

[Ned]

In the US, there are so many protected minorities, women included, that the only class that is not protected are while males, who themselves are a minority.

Give this, what is more likely

1) the percentage of white males on campus are about the same as society as a whole;

2) greater than society as a whole; or

3) less?

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Maryland isn't SOUTH! It's as south as DC (ie, not at all)!

Have you ever been to the Eastern Shore of Maryland? No? Then shut up! You don't know what yer talkin' about, Yank. The ES of MD is quite southern. After all, muskrat is considered a cuisine, you'd better not think of takin' anyone's guns, the black folk aren't supposed to git uppity and people talk with an accent as thick as in deep Mississippi.

[Ozz]

Lowering standards does'nt help anyone.

AA should be about giving more schooling/aid so those who can make the grade, don't fail due to financial means or to the poor schooling they recieved as a
child.

AA should level, not slant

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
people talk with an accent as thick as in deep Mississippi.

I don't think that we have a thick accent.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Have you ever been to the Eastern Shore of Maryland?

Yep... the people there are like people from Delaware, ie, not Southern.

After all, muskrat is considered a cuisine, you'd better not think of takin' anyone's guns, the black folk aren't supposed to git uppity and people talk with an accent as thick as in deep Mississippi.

So, what you are saying is that Maine is southern?

The real test of a southerner is whether you can say y'all properly without a hint of embarassment.

Woohoo! I'm a Southerner then .

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

Have you ever been to the Eastern Shore of Maryland?

Yep... the people there are like people from Delaware, ie, not Southern.

Don't say that to an Eastern Shore Marylander. While they may be like Southern, rural Delawarans (who are Southerners), they're nothing like them fancy Wilmington/Newark/Dover Delawarans.

After all, muskrat is considered a cuisine, you'd better not think of takin' anyone's guns, the black folk aren't supposed to git uppity and people talk with an accent as thick as in deep Mississippi.

So, what you are saying is that Maine is southern?

Except it ain't south of the Mason-Dixon. Would you say Miamians are northerners?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Don't say that to an Eastern Shore Marylander. While they may be like Southern, rural Delawarans (who are Southerners), they're nothing like them fancy Wilmington/Newark/Dover Delawarans.

There is a difference between a redneck and a Southerner, Boris .

Except it ain't south of the Mason-Dixon. Would you say Miamians are northerners?

Well they sure act like 'em.

Btw, those accented, muskrat eating, gun toting, putting black folks in their place happen to be all over the place. They are usually called rednecks. Southern rural folks are a bit different and it usually manifests itself in the food. Unless you on the Eastern shores of Maryland ate fried chicken and collard greens every night .

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
There is a difference between a redneck and a Southerner, Boris .

that's a good one!

Btw, those accented, muskrat eating, gun toting, putting black folks in their place happen to be all over the place. They are usually called rednecks. Southern rural folks are a bit different and it usually manifests itself in the food. Unless you on the Eastern shores of Maryland ate fried chicken and collard greens every night .

Fried Chicken and collard greens are consumed on the ESoMD in huge quantities. I challenge you to find any substantial difference between rural folk in Alabama and those on the ESoMD. Having lived in TN, AL, and MD, I can assure that there isn't much difference. Certainly no greater than differences that exist between Tennesseans, Mississippeans, Texans, Alabamans, etc.

Did I mention that they are south of the Mason-Dixon yet? Oh yeah...

[Sarxis]

You know what's worse than being a Minority? Being a Majority living in a Minority demographic. You don't even want to know what its like being a poor white boy living in a black community.

And you think the rest of the white folks are there to help this poor lad out? BS!! So you can all go f*** yourselves with this Affirmative Action crap.

(not about me, btw)

[Gibsie]

Originally posted by Caligastia
Seeing as I edited this so long after I originally posted it, I'll give it a bump.

Which was in response to Gibsie...

Ooh, hark at her, I go to sleep and then have the audacity to go to work before replying and Cal goes all "Mr. Fun" on me (That's when you re-quote your own posts to get a response. Needlessly desperate).

Anyway, to give an actual response, if it is said that the greatest beneficiaries of AA are women, then given that it uses gender to identify this group, we can say that the AA is based around gender; thus, white women are more likely, populationwise the greatest beneficiaries. Black women probably do have a double advantage at employers who use AA. But people who go for jobs are far more likely to be stiffed through AA in favour of women than blacks... although it's clear you'd much rather whine about perceived racial discrimination

Obviously I can't give you any figures for anything, but it's quite clear that saying no white people benefit from AA is a load of tosh.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Did I mention that they are south of the Mason-Dixon yet?

So is California, what's your point .

Just because Northern Virginia and Baltimore are below the Mason-Dixon line, no one proclaims them to be 'Southern'.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

Did I mention that they are south of the Mason-Dixon yet?

So is California, what's your point .

Just because Northern Virginia and Baltimore are below the Mason-Dixon line, no one proclaims them to be 'Southern'.

But do those regions have cultural traits that would identify them as Southern regions? No. Do the people within those regions identify themselves as Southerners? No.

The ESoMD is Southern in culture and identity.

Are you always this argumentative? Does your gf constantly want to beat you senseless?

[orange]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

Have you ever been to the Eastern Shore of Maryland?

Yep... the people there are like people from Delaware, ie, not Southern.

People from Delaware are just Stupid. Especially Slower Lower.

No offense Moses Presley