Michigan's Prop 2 to ban affirmative action

shinerbock · #1 11-03-2006, 12:37 PM

As Clarence Thomas said, "You can't fix one 14th Amendment violation with another."

DeltAlum · #2 11-03-2006, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by shinerbock

As Clarence Thomas said, "You can't fix one 14th Amendment violation with another."

Quoting Mr. Justice Thomas is not much of an argument to me. I watched his confirmation hearings at some length and was amazed he was confirmed.

shinerbock · #3 11-03-2006, 01:11 PM

So i guess two wrongs do make a right.

RU OX Alum · #4 11-03-2006, 01:43 PM

i don't know about that, but three rights make a left

DeltAlum · #5 11-03-2006, 01:51 PM

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So i guess two wrongs do make a right.

Nope. But nobody's has proven to me that Affirmative Action is completely wrong.

I've lost potential jobs because of Affirmative Action -- but I'm smart enough to realize that in the past my industry was almost entirely dominated by white males.

I won't be bitter that I have (and was told as much in plain English) been the victim of a process to right what I believe to have been an injustice.

shinerbock · #6 11-03-2006, 03:32 PM

I haven't lost jobs, and I don't think I'd be overly bitter, I just think its the wrong thing to do.

Taualumna · #7 11-03-2006, 04:02 PM

Not all minorities are considered "minorities" for AA. Asians (at least in California) do not benefit from Affirmative Action for school admissions.

AKA_Monet · #8 11-03-2006, 08:30 PM

I think we live in a much more selfish society than we use to be.

Folks saying here and there that if so-in-so got into school for piss poor reasons, then blah, blah, blah.

How come you all give a rat's ass about who got into to wherever, however?

Like my mom said to me when I looked on her plate, "keep your eyes on your own plate!!!"

I don't want to hear about what you think fair. I just want to know why folks here on GC even care who gets into college? How does someone's admission to any SCHOOL affect Y-O-U?

AnchorAlum · #9 11-05-2006, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Quoting Mr. Justice Thomas is not much of an argument to me. I watched his confirmation hearings at some length and was amazed he was confirmed.

I watched the hearings as well. I was amazed that he was confirmed as well, although it was likely for an entirely different set of reasons.

Regardless of that, his statement as to the 14th has truth and merit.