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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (175946)	10/4/2003 12:40:44 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578929

You think your father dropping out of school to feed his family is equivalent to 200 years of slavery, rape, murder, discrimination and economic deprivation? Show me a person that was kept in slavery for 200 years, and raped and deprived and then eventually killed and you might have a better point, except of course that he or she would be dead so they could not benefit from AA. I like my point just fine the way it is but thank you. Should Colin Powell's children get AA bonuses? Why not? They were not deprived, enslaved, killed, or as far as we know raped. And your point was? They also did not have ancestors who where kept down by slavery in the US. Should a poor Asian immigrant be penalized for what a white southerner did in 1845? Yes. If I find a country where my ancestors where abused should I be able to go there and claim special benefits and privileges? You'll have to check the laws of that country. If so why? Read answer above. If no, then why not, if you support such privileges for other people based on the abuse of done to their ancestors? Read answer above. My father died when I was eleven......my mother was capable of very little. I put myself through school and paid every penny for tuition, books, room and board, dates and clothes. I have worked since I was 12. So should you get AA benefits even if you are white? No. Or if you are white should a millionaire black immigrant get preferential treatment over you? AA is not preferential treatment. ted