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To: i-node who wrote (381206)	4/29/2008 2:34:57 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574864

Look, I don't dismiss the point. These peoples' lives were made more difficult by the slavery that ended 150 years ago. You were claiming that "most alive today" had a net advantage in our culture. Thats "simply" isn't true. But Buchanan is right -- this country has done more for this group of people -- the ones who are alive today -- than any other nation has done for its black population. I don't know.

To: i-node who wrote (381206)	5/1/2008 7:00:45 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574864

Most grew up in poverty, crime and the worst schools imaginable. They never got a chance to get to "affirmative action". The entire point of affirmative action was to give these very people a chance to make a life for themselves. That many did so is suggestive that it WAS not only possible, but readily doable, for those who were determined to make it happen. Dude, you go and check out the inner city schools of major cities in this country and then you tell me again with a straight face that everything is equal.