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To: Alomex who wrote (151586)	1/18/2003 2:08:12 PM
From: hueyone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Opponents of AA like to argue that it is reverse discrimination because blacks benefit from it and whites don't. Under that logic given money to North Dakotans for flood damage is reverse discrimination against New Yorkers, which is nonsense, of course. Alomex, I usually figure you for more intelligent debate than is presented in the statement above. The white woman that filed the law suit against University of Michigan was held out of law school because her position was given to a less qualified candidate solely because of the other candidate's skin color. Clearly this qualified white woman was discriminated against. This is racism and discrimination, pure and simple. There is absolutely zero parallel to your flood damage parable. To make some sort of parallel, the New Yorkers would have had to suffer flood damage as well, and somehow be discriminated against by the federal government as far as receiving federal flood damage relief. I seriously doubt such a story has ever occured, especially since New York state has more electoral votes and is regarded as a more important state in national politics than is North Dakota. And if such a story did occur, the New Yorkers case would be no less valid than this poor white woman's case, although in the case of this white woman, the discrimination and racism is incredibly straightfoward to prove. Regards, Huey