Maybe they'd like to forget the fact that their great-great-great-grandmothers were raped by those slaveowners. |
What about white kids with poor grades who take spots. Like, Jared Kushner or Donald J. Trump? Fair? |
YOU are in no position to talk about "fair" when you assign racial animus to everything. The PP said "if a poor white has better grades than a wealthy black," and you accuse her of assuming all poor whites have better scores than wealthy blacks. |
Discrimination is never okay. Switching gears: at what point should affirmative action cease to apply? Do the American born children of a successful American-raised Latino/Indian/Asian/whatever Doctor/lawyer/whatever who are raised in Bethesda really need another academic edge when applying to college simply because of their race? Isn't attendance at a W school enough? Shouldn't affirmative action focus on socioeconomics rather than race? Shouldn't the goal be to level the playing field by giving the kid who grew up at a disadvantage a boost? That has everything to do with money, and nothing to do with race. Why should kids from affluent, upper middle class or even solidly middle class get a boost just because they aren't white? Why not limit this to those who truly have the cards stacked against them...including poor whites? |
Who here has said some aren't deserving of an education? If anything, those arguing for income-based AA policies, such as myself, want to see admissions decisions applied more fairly. Certainly, a poor white student with a 1200 SAT and a 3.4 GPA should not be rejected from a college in favor of a wealthy black student with lower grades and scores. The white kid succeeded despite his financial hardship, while the black kid did worse despite his financial advantage. That's not to say the black kid won't get an education. He just won't get it at the school the higher-scoring poor white kid will. Why should the black kid get into the better school when the white kid is more qualified? |
Yes, AA should address socioeconomic disadvantage not race. And don't forget that the current system demonstrably discriminates against asain americans. |
This argument (which I've heard frequently) ignores that in the early 20th century black families were intact at the same rates as white families. The social and sexual revolution and drugs (not the war on drugs) really damaged black families. |
Oh yeah I think I remember reading about that. Apparently in the 50's and 60's right around the time of the "Black Power Movement" there was an odd coincidence where simultaneously an influx of drugs (heroin and cocaine) in predominantly black communities. There's evidence to substantiate the claim that this influx was intentionally instigated by the government and/or by government officials specifically to temper that movement. |
I think it's more like they'd like they'd like to forget that their great-great-great grandfather was a rapist and a slaveowner, but they only identify with the grandmother to absolve their ancestry of any implication of being involved with slavery. The problem is that if one of your ancestors was conceived by rape, that means that you are a direct descendant of the rapist as well. I understand it's not something people want to think about, but it's something that's only fair to point it out when a black person starts holding the "your ancestors were slaveowners/your ancestors raped my ancestors" card over a white person's head. Those evil slaveowning rapists are YOUR ancestors, YOUR family, YOUR blood -- not necessarily mine. |
This is the typical defense of the coward. A heinous crime is justified because someone else committed it too. And it's such an exaggeration that blacks were slave owners in America. Even if it was true it pales in comparison to the scale of white slave owners. |
White people just can't make it America anymore. Thanks, Obama. White people need more opportunity or they will be shut out from power.
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Did someone say that slavery was justified? And you are clearly not understanding the point. The point is not that some "blacks were slave owners." The point is that many blacks like to point out that their ancestors were raped by cruel white slaveowners, while conveniently omitting the logical implication that this means that they themselves are descendants of those cruel white slaveowners and are in no position to be condemning other people's ancestry. |
Rich/Upper Middle Class white people are doing fine. They aren't affected by affirmative action because they don't work in the types of jobs (assuming they work at all) that are affected by affirmative action. Poor/working class whites are much more likely to be doing a job that is affected by affirmative action. |
Except that photo is of older white males, who were not harmed by AA policies (or at least not to the extent it's going on today). We are talking about white teenagers currently, who are rejected from colleges or grad schools in favor of lower-scoring minorities. |
Now you're just trying too hard. |