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Originally posted by PM_Mama00
Ok....I told myself that I WOULD NOT post on this damn thread that I decided to start, but this comment downright pisses me off. The little boxes are there to HELP minorities. You to whoever to mention Affirmative Action. The only people Affirmative Action is relevent to are minorities. My sophmore year of high school, a senior got a FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP to University of Michigan Ann Arbor because he was Hispanic. He was a smart guy, but he flat out told us. I've never seen my Spanish teacher so pissed before, but she had to keep her mouth shut. I don't understand how you can say those little boxes are dangerous to minorities in this country. If I got your quote wrong, then please accept my apology. But I will say this, I think Affirmative Action is racism towards caucasians. I do not agree with a white man who is an extremely high achiever not get into school because there is a man of diff race who is just a high achiever wants to get into that university. Not fair.
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GREAT! I am SO glad that someone had the nerve to post this! PM Mama, I am sorry that reality pisses you off. You must be a very angry person...actually that fact has been verified through
certain posts on this very thread.
In regards to your statement about boxes, Affirmative Action, etc.:
Again, I am glad that you can name ONE instance and, you know, I am almost positive someone on here can name at least ONE instance similar to your own. I can. But if you look at the BIG PICTURE...can you tell me the demographic of scholarship recipients? I can tell you RIGHT NOW that your instance along with the singular instances of everyone on this board combined is not enough to dent the stats.
This is what many of you fail to realize. THINK GLOBALLY, NOT LOCALLY. How many Blacks are heads of corporations? How many Blacks do you know that OWN universities? And what do you think the ratio of attendance to college is, black to white, scholarship or not?
The boxes that we check are not to HELP us, they are to CLASSIFY us, and that is, indeed, dangerous. Sorry, but that one Hispanic boy who got the one scholarship is still going to face discrimination and oppression as he moves up the ladder. Just like YOU are as a woman.