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To: TimF who wrote (158262)	1/17/2003 1:27:52 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) of 1586562

So long as race is as big an issue as it is in this society, I hardly think ending AA is a good thing. That is almost the same as saying ending AA is never a good thing. AA is part of what keeps race such a big issue. Let me ask you.......why are you so concerned when by all demographic measures whites have it better in this country then compared to people of color? That's bs. No it is an accurate discription of some of the results from AA. The things that you cited which I referred to as bs are the very things blacks felt well before there was AA. That's why they fought for civil rights laws. Because of underlying prejudice, whites don't like to have to compete against blacks.......that's what racial prejudice is all about; it makes sure that certain peoples are excluded from the general benefits of society. While racial restrictions have loosened in the US, they are still present in many areas.......AA insures that people of color get a piece of the pie that they otherwise would not get. When that prejudice is no longer a major factor in the US, then I agree AA is no longer needed......until then, I believe it needs to be kept in place. what AA does is piss off the whites who want to stay at the top of the food chain. Those actually at the top of the "food chain" are not hurt much. They got theirs anyway. Those at the bottom are not helped much. They are too far away. It usually amounts to helping a black guy at or near the middle move over a white guy at or near the middle. Not in my experience.......most white guys don't want gov't work if they can help it. And when they do, they have found ways around the law. In the worst cases it can directly hurt the people who "benefit" from it by moving them in to positions that they really are not qualified for or hurt others by putting less qualified people in important positions. I believe you are reflecting a bias......and I'm not going there. ted

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