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11-03-2006, 01:34 AM
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Munchkin, thats ridiculous. So you're telling me a minority who does well deserved to get the spot over a white kid who would have done just as well/better? Absurd.
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11-03-2006, 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by shinerbock
Munchkin, thats ridiculous. So you're telling me a minority who does well deserved to get the spot over a white kid who would have done just as well/better? Absurd.
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I said that anyone who does well deserves to get into college.
I don't really care one way about affirmative action, I certainly didn't benefit from it. I just hate the assumption that any minority student in college got admitted to fill a quota. The person I quoted has stated this numerous times, and that sort of "prejudism" annoys the smack out me.
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11-03-2006, 02:15 AM
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I just hate the assumption that any minority student in college got admitted to fill a quota.
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Hear, hear! Let's all look past the stereotypes if we can. A lot of people from all races, etc. are admitted to colleges and universities because they deserve to be there.
I think that those who don't fit that description are in the minority -- with no pun intended.
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11-03-2006, 11:55 AM
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You guys can say what you want, but the fact is that minorities DO get in because of some sort of quotas, or some perceived need for minority students. Before anyone gets all upset, not all minorities, or even the majority, but it absolutely happens. So to say that "so long as you do well, its ok," completely ignores the fact that they chose a minority over white kid with equal or better abilities, simply because of their minority status. I think thats wrong.
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11-03-2006, 12:31 PM
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And in years past students weren't admitted to schools or people didn't get jobs because they weren't white.
That's wrong, too.
Do you truly believe that would have changed without a legal nudge?
Affirmative Action has some flaws -- maybe a lot of them -- but it was necessary at one time and may still be.
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11-03-2006, 12:37 PM
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As Clarence Thomas said, "You can't fix one 14th Amendment violation with another."
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11-03-2006, 01:08 PM
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As Clarence Thomas said, "You can't fix one 14th Amendment violation with another."
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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.
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