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To: tejek who wrote (175981)	10/9/2003 12:26:45 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578945

Should Colin Powell's children get AA bonuses? Why not? One main argument put forth in support of AA is that the descendents of slaves in America still feel the negative effects of the harm done to their ancestors and since the injustice was committed in our country our country should help out those who feel that burden. Colin Powell's ancestors where not the victims of slavery in the US. Another argument is that black people are so disadvantaged that they need to get preferential treatment to make up for the disadvantages they face. Colin Powell's kids are not disadvantaged. Should a poor Asian immigrant be penalized for what a white southerner did in 1845? Yes. Why? To expand on the question, should a rich African immigrant get preferential treatment over the poor Asian immigrant because of what a white southerner did in 1845? If so why? You'll have to check the laws of that country. "If so why?" Read answer above. The answer above is not an answer to the question. Checking on the laws of other countries would tell me if I could get preferences, not provide a justification for such preferences. AA is not preferential treatment ?!?!? I can't believe you actually said that. Not all AA really is preferential treatment but all of what we have been arguing about is. The only part that isn't is when an organization tries to equalize numbers by advertising and publicly encouraging some minority (or theoretically an underrepresented majority) to join. If that is all you are defending then there is no major disagreement between us but if that is all you are defending then you do a poor job of communicating your position. A number of reasons have been put forward to support the idea that other forms of affirmative action are justified cases of preferential treatment but justified or we are taking about preferential treatment. Tim