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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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Hi again, Advocate.
I wondered why this subject didn't blow up here, considering all the intelligent minds that participate here.
As I mentioned before, Affirmative Action tries to help us to the same level we would have been if we would have come here as anything BUT SLAVES. We were denied jobs because of the color of our skin; so it makes a way for us to get to the front of the line when good jobs are handed out. We were denied contracts, and loans because of the color of our skin; it attempts to send us to the front of the line for those too. This government repaid the Japanese for the misery they suffered here during world war 2, it can pay us for all of the suffering we had during the 500 years of slavery.