What do you think about Affirmative Action? I think its ridiculous. If I were living during the segregation era, I would be totally appalled, and stand up and fight for equal rights. I don't believe in any race being more superior than any other. We as a nation must understand that all men are created equally. I feel that all Affirmative Action is doing, is openly admitting to blacks that white people messed up, and for messing up, the blacks will be given preferential treatment. All Affirmative action is doing, is further promoting segregation and inequality. You take the poor white families living in the Carolinas or Mississippi or Alabama. Why should any race have preferential treatment? When senior high schoolers go to apply for colleges, there should be no race section. No person should be given any advantage in life because of the color of their skin. Affirmative Action should be abolished. I know what happened to blacks was horrible, and the fact that I'm white, I can't really express the pain.
To let you all know, I do have black family in Hickory, North Carolina. I have heard their stories, and trust me I felt their pain. I'm proud to have such a diverse family, and I wish I were there in the past to stand up for the blacks. In all reality, I wasn't. I'll tell you this though, all affirmative action is doing is further promoting racism and favoritism. Think about it though.....do these universities that follow affirmative action truly believe in it, or are they doing it for the wrong reasons? You make the decision
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I like this. This is something that most people would not have the guts to blog about. Radical views prove for great discussions.
I totally agree with what you've said here. Favoritism to any race just makes the problem more obvious. Racism is a horrible thing in any form, but I think favoritism to a particular race is just as bad. It's like on the movie "The Animal" with Rob Schneider. His black friend talk about "reverse racism." He says, "Let's all be nice to the black guy! That reverse racism!" Though it was a comedy, it proved to have tremendous truth in it. What happened during the age of the Civil War was horrible, but no one alive today had anything to do with it, and it bothers me when someone tries to criticize me for being white because of what my ancestors did.
On the topic of racism, though, I think our nation has come a long way. I mean, come on, we have a african american man running for president and it's looking like he might get the Democratic Nomination. I'd say that is a huge step in the right direction. If this had happened in the age of the Confederates, they would've stopped dead in their tracks or thrown some kind of riot. The U.S. is a much better place than it used to be.
It's all about being politically correct. People are trying to make up for the injustices of slavery, but are going about it the wrong way. Why can't we just live like, "all men are created equal"? I don't have a solution for it, but it begins with people being open-minded and accepting of people no matter their differences.
I agree that affirmative action doesn't work. It's giving preferential treatment to people not necessarily as well-qualified simply based on race alone. I actually find it sickening that schools use affirmative action, because many times the schools need to fulfill a "diversity quota" so that they can have a "diverse" environment. It's a slippery slop however because doing away with it completely would leave many African Americans feeling shafted once again. We must find a workable solution soon, and it all begins with tolerance.
Just to stir up the debate, I posted to my own blog on a new wrinkle on this old question--but I'd prefer to see any further debate go on this blog because that is where the issue came up. I think as far as the original post, Max, the best and truest point you make is about poor families. The real inequality in this country has more to do with economics than with race, religion, or ethnicity. White, black, brown, red--lots of kids are being left behind educationally because they live in poverty and go to bad schools. Catching them up to the rest of the nation so that they can break the cycle of poverty and get into college is a better route than affirmative action programs. Funny isn't it--the better way would cost more money than the "politcally correct way," as Interesting Point correctly terms it.
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