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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]So I'm close to 50. I can remember reading about the Bakke case in 8th grade Civics class. How long does affirmative action go on? It used to be a correction for institutional discrimination, but that's been gone for 40 years. Then it became a method for creating diversity. And now it's morphing into a correction for 'white privilege'. Where and when does it end? Because children in school today (my white, male kids) can be discriminated against and it's ok. And they are being indoctrinated with this white privilege stuff to convince them that if they are not racist, then they are the beneficiaries of racism. It's crazy. [/quote]

I would say that probably since there was approximately 250 years of slavery followed by another 100 or so years of discriminatory practices and laws, it is really unsurprisingly that affirmative action is necessary for longer than 40 years.[/quote]

And what do you say to the white or Asian child born in 2000 as they get ready to apply to college, who see the door swing wide for URM's but not for them?  There are only so many spots in each school/office/institution.  For one person to be favored based on race, another must be disfavored.   Wouldn't a colorblind meritocracy be better for everyone?[/quote]

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