To: tejek who wrote (176330 ) 10/20/2003 3:55:31 PM From: TimF Read Replies (1) | Respond to I guess you're assuming that C. Powell's will not experience discrimination because they are C. Powell's children. No one can be sure of that given the nature of the American mindsight; hence, they're entitled to any benefits they can derive from AA. "Should a poor Asian immigrant be penalized for what a white southerner did in 1845?" Why should the question come up? AA covers both minorities. They would each get equal consideration as well any white candidates for the job. Of course, that's when a white contractor applies to get gov't work in the first place. Most gov't work is bid on my minorities and women only. White male dominated firms do not want to go through the bureaucratic hassles that come with working with the gov't. Rarely, have I seen a white firm or a white male get screwed by AA. The conservatives in this country are making a mountain out of a molehill. All I can add is that if you fukk with AA before its goals have been reached, we will pay for that stupidity just like segregationist folk in the 60s paid for their resistance to integration with the riots in our cities. I don't really have much more to say on the subject except that the pie is big enough for all of us.
