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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]No. Upper class Africans have not been subjected to the instutuionalized racism in America that creates the need for affirmative action. [/quote]

If upper class whites, jews and Asians can enter Harvard why can't upper class Africans?  Or do you prefer to discriminate against upper class Africans in favor of upper class everyone else?[/quote]

This all begs the purpose of affirmative action. My understanding is that the purpose is to give [b]disadvantaged[/b] kids a bump up - maybe 100-200 points are assumed on the SATs -- because they come from disadvantaged backgrounds with lousy schools, families that couldn't help them study algebra, et cetera. That's fine with me. I think that sort of affirmative action is a great thing.

But the upper middle class kids - Jews, Asians, African Americans and African immigrants, because there are upper middle class families in all of these categories - are in another category, IMO. Do they get a bump up just for being a different color or religion? Should those1/4 African American kids who are from very wealthy families get the 200 SAT points too? Or should all the upper middle class kids have to compete on the same playing field as upperclass everyone else?[/quote]

Didn't P Diddy's (or whatever he calls himself these days) kid get a full ride scholarship from UCLA? Why? His dad his uber rich and powerful and could afford to give him many advantages that even well to do people could not. I think some other AA celeb's kid also recently got a similar scholarship.[/quote]

Pretty sure Diddy's kid is an athlete.[/quote]

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