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Originally posted by ADVOCATE:
Hello Ladies:
I have been monitoring the Board for a while and I love it. I look forward to having discussions with all of you.
But let me get to the point. I want to get everyone's opinion on Affirmative Action. I was in Constitutional Law today and we are discussing the current state of the law concerning this issue. I was so shocked that the majority of the students believe that there is nolonger any need for any type of Affirmative Actions programs. Someone went so far to say that the playing field is now even for minorites so if we can not cut it then we don't deserve to get into the schools or get the jobs!!! I am upset, sorry for the long post. Tell me your thoughts.
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If memory serves me still, the purpose of Affirmative Action was to correct past injustices by providing federally-mandated opportunities for minorities. By past injustices I mean African-American service-oriented businesses beind denied and opportunity to bid on government contracts and the kinds of jobs that pay the kind of money and provides those businesses with professional reputations that secures a future for a business. On the micro level, we were denied entrance to colleges and universities(and EVERY form of education) based upon the color of our skin, our religion, sex, etc; and we all know how important education is.
Today many of us aren't aware of how life was for our forefathers here in this land after emancipation. We owned nothing, had no education, belonged to no organization that could provide assistance of any kind. The laws still looked upon us as chattel, and many of us had no idea where we would live or how. Every where we turned, someone was trying to illegally enslave us again so that their crops could get picked freely. The only opportunity offered us was share-cropping.
Generations of a people in that situation NEED federal assistance, and ARE OWED federal assistance!
Sorry for running off yall!