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Originally posted by librasoul22
Did your boyfriend not work hard to get into the Ivy League school? Just wondering because you make it seem as if he coasted in, when there were people who worked much harder that got denied.
What people fail to realize is that BEFORE Affirmative Action, people of equal or higher merit were being denied as well, due to discrimination based on sex and race. Is anyone going to deny this? When you argue against Affirmative Action, you seem to be advocating the right to deny women and minorities jobs they may be just as qualified for, if not moreso. Also, maybe you have not considered that you might have been accepted to your university over an equally qualified white male simply because you are a woman.
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Actually, I never said I was against Affirmative Action. And as you have stated, I too understand that woman are where they are today, especially in the workforce, as a result of it. But, as a matter of fact, yes, my boyfriend did coast in to his school. I know what he was doing in high school, I know that he didn’t try as hard as he should have, I know that he didn’t have outstanding grades. I also know that none of us will ever know if his race had anything to do with his addmitance so to discuss that here is pretty pointless. But that isn't really the point of my post.
My point was that coming from vastly different cultures and upbringings means you have to work at understanding one other. Obviously my boyfriend and I are in love, so we have more of an incentive, but we ALL need to start trying a little harder to understand each other.
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