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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, in western culture there is White privilege. In eastern culture there is Asian privilege. Why is that?

In the Middle East, there is rich male, Muslim privilege. Why is that?

In India there are castes, with certain castes having much greater privilege than others. Why is that?

Why is there ever privilege and why does it persist?

Answering this question and then pursuing in the manner by which those groups gained their privilege is the only way another group’s status will rise.  I can tell you that none of those groups became privileged by having an affirmative action program. AA programs inherently say the following, without admitting it, “you’re not as good as the rest of us, so we’re going to give you an unfair paper advantage, based not on merit but on a natural born trait.”  This does two things: it reinforces to the oppressed that they are not considered equal and cannot compete on level terms and makes the privileged class resent the underprivileged even more. While it may have some success stories, it has a net negative affect overall. [/quote]

How dare you compare Whitness and its violence to social issues in the Middle East and India?!?   Where is the Lebanese Empire?  The Indian colonies?  Are their slaves in Iraq?   Who is more likely to be assaulted, a young woman in Manhattan or Riyadh?

White culture = Violence[/quote]

If you truly believe that, and you choose to live here, you are deeply dumb.

No affirmative action will ever help you. Other than a one-way ticket to the non-white country of your choosing.

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PP doesn't have to wait long for things to change: 
https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/05/17/explaining-why-minority-births-now-outnumber-white-births/

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What many anglos don't seem to realize is that most Hispanics are fully or partially white on racial terms, so this anti-white obsession sounds completely foreign (and quite stupid) to us.[/quote]

Do you think 08:14 considers Hispanics to be white?

Do you think Trump considers the illegal aliens to be white?

Do you think the white supremacists and garden-variety racists consider Hispanics to be white?

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While Obama deported 4 million immigrants, largely Hispanic and Asian, do you think Dems and the media and YOU viewed us as people of color?

Point is, we don't fall neatly into your racist thinking. The world doesn't fall neatly into outdated US racist thinking.

Time to, as OP says, prioritize SES over skin color in affirmative action.[/quote]

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