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Originally posted by sugar and spice
Again, I don't think anybody is saying that all people of color are poor -- they're just playing off the fact that people of color are less likely to be upper-middle/upper class than whites. The wealthy people of color have a better "support system" (they can afford college, they can afford museums, they can afford books, they can afford violin lessons, etc.) in place than poor people of color, and for the time being I think we were concentrating on how to change the support system of poor people more than the middle class or wealthy.
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S&S,
I 'm just saying in general. It just seems like whenever this topic comes up, the first thing assumed is that we need affirmative action because minorities are poor, when that is not the REAL reason.
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