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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (13277)	5/21/2002 1:04:39 AM
From: E	Respond to of 21057

The white trash line, and what they would say, confused me. Still does, actually, though i'm so tired i won't go try to parse it. One effect they have is that if you do see a black or hispanic in a decent job or school, there is a tendency to think that they gt there because of affirmative action and are not as qualified as a white in the same position. I wrote this in my first post: "Even though I think affirmative action has done more harm than good -- for example in devaluing or making suspect legitimately-won recognition (just one example) -- I found that moment painful, and could understand as he spoke that many blacks must hear my views on the subject with a strong sense of irony." So we aren't exactly arguing here. My whole point was to point out that I had a moment of clear perception of how ironical, and even ludicrous, the complaints about affirmative action by whites may well seem to blacks, who see affirmative action as having been business-as-usual, until the tables got turned. Which doesn't mean I'm for it.