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The problem is that AA was designed to address a specific issue. And that issue is the systematic oppression of people based on RACE.

We can have programs that are designed to help all poor people, and we should. But we can't confuse it with Affirmative Action. I refuse to subscribe to the notion that we can solve our race issues by masking them as class issues and addressing them that way. We NEED TO address our class issues, and we need to solve the problems that affects people of al lraces and religions. But we have one important historical fact to face. And that is for decades, people were refused job opportunities, educational opportunities, financial opportunities, and basically MOST human rights because of their race. And we can't just sweep it under the rug. That's why we have Affirmative Action.