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boolean (992 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:25 PM Original message |
I am on the fence on affirmative action |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have found that many white people who do not understand |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's also helped white women |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. As I understand it, |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Another point needs to be made here |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Yes, but locking the door isn't going to to anything for you |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Heh |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. It isn't only to benefit the recipients |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. Affirmative action has benefited white women the most |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Do you have stats on this? |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. a couple articles |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I prefer actual studies and numbers with issues like these. |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. One often miunderstood element of AA |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Affirmative action is a cheap solution to a bigger problem |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Minorities students? Women are/were the majority but |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. Maybe a supply and demand approach is possible? |
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twilight_sailing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Wealth creation needed |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. It would certainly help if we invested in education |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. I used to be on the fence until I saw actual bigoted actions in |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Your experience rings true here. I remember |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 06:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. It's so blatant and I'm sure it still goes on. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's amazing.... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. Affirmative Action is the only direct, immediate remedy we have |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 06:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Your first sentence says a mouthful. Thanks. |
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ninkasi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
21. I have one interesting nugget to contribute |
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eggbeater (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
22. What a shame |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. I believe Affirmative Action is incomplete |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. Think of a pyramid.. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
28. Possibly that's because you aren't aware of just HOW large the black.... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
29. Look at it like society spends millions on education and paying people |
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