Topic: Affirmative action bumps are small, so stop complaining

[Weisshaupt]

You see blacks are only inferior to white by 5 points now so stop complaining about Affirmative action.  Well if its so small, shouldn't we abolish this "temporary" program to bring Blacks up to par? After all  how many MORE QUALIFIED individuals do we need to  pass over because of their Color?  Racism is Racism. It is just as wrong to pass over a qualified white (or asian etc) kid because of his color as it was to pass over a Black 50 years ago.   Blacks are perfectly capable of competing on a even playing field and anyone who says otherwise is a racist who wants to perpetuate affirmative action as a way of discrediting the Black people who can and did succeed on their own merit.  Affirmative action is racism, plain and simple, and anyone who advocates for it is stating that blacks are inferior - particularly someone who knows the difference in benefit is small. The only rational conclusion is they want the stigma of affirmative action to fall on all Blacks, even though they have earned what they have gotten. 

[Pandora]

The scars of centuries of slavery and segregation can still be seen today in any black community — and yet there are people who will throw a hissy fit because there is one factor in an admissions decision that might not automatically favor white people.

"Scars of ... slavery"; I am so sick of the bull.

This writer is an a-hole, which is why he's totally missing the point, but inadvertently admits the truth. 

Omit race and sex information from the admissions applications and the LSAT scores themselves will be "favored".  Which means Whites and Asians.  Can't have that.

Wonder if he's read The O's thesis?

[charlesoakwood]

Omit all information except name, address, and ID# from the admissions applications and the LSAT scores themselves will indicate the most eligible.

[Libertas]

Scars?  They want scars?   

[Glock32]

Slavery huh?  Well, I think all white people should demand restitution from Italy, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.  If your ancestry is from Europe, chances are very high that at some point the Roman Legions either killed or enslaved some of your distant ancestors. Likewise, the Viking era. Coastal communities all the way into the Black Sea were raided by Vikings. Any population near the sea or a navigable river is bound to have Norse genes. The Vikings were in the habit of giving away DNA like party favors, whether the local population wanted it or not!

So from Italy: don't want their money, it's Euros. I am not opposed to a Ferrari though. If it turns out any of my Briton ancestors were put in an arena with lions, then I shall also require the actress Anna Falchi or a reasonable facsimile of her mid-1990s self.

From the Scandinavians: they didn't join the Euro, so their cash might still be worth something. I've also heard about a "bikini team" of some sort. I'll have that.

[IronDioPriest]

...If it turns out any of my Briton ancestors were put in an arena with lions, then I shall also require the actress Anna Falchi or a reasonable facsimile of her mid-1990s self...

I never heard of her before, so I had to look her up. Holy smokes.

 

[charlesoakwood]

::steam:: It was necessary to change my browser settings before she could be previewed ::steam::

[Libertas]

Glock makes the point I make all the time, everytime the idiocy of reparations raises its Medusa-like head, I laugh!  All throughout human history if one put pins on a map with different colors representing different cultures and the other cultures they invaded, enslaved or otherwise subjugated you would have a globe of yarn covered in every conceivable color imaginable overlapping itself.

There are no fricken innocents anywhere if an honest reading of history is your guide!

Anytime you hear someone utter the words "slavery" or "oppression" your internal alarm should be going off...if the word "reparations" is uttered you can stop wondering, you are definitely in the presence of an agenda-driven jackass who should be laughed at, shouted down and run out of town.

 

[charlesoakwood]

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[Libertas]