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Wanda says:
October 10, 2008 at 7:23 pm
I watch Larry King almost every night. The night he had Chris Rock on I was very disappointed and offended by his question regarding if Obama were elected would he change the menu? Would he have asked a white comedian if John McCain would change the menu? I doubt it. Sometimes Larry speaks before he thinks and then after asking very insensitive questions, he realizes how stupid it was to ask it in the first place. I thought that was very deameaning and now I am not such a regular fan.
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john says:
October 4, 2008 at 9:05 pm
I love white women. Ask my girlfriend. Its just a statement of fact. In my previous post, I stated that all women were beneficiaries of affirmative action. White women just are more numerous and have made the most gains. I’m glad you acknowledged that the good old boy system always has and always will exist, but you failed to comment on the injustice inherent in that system or the fact that over the years far more people have gotten into positions for who the knew as opposed to what they knew. By the way, the NAACP and Congressional Black Caucus were founded during a time when the majority party or race would not speak to the issues facing the ethnic communities. Whether or not they are still relevant is a debate that is going on within the black community. As far as affirmative action giving jobs or opportunities to less qualified applicants, I find it ironic that you don’t pick up on the inherent racism within that assertion. By stating that less qualified applicants are taking jobs from more qualified white applicants you assume that a applicant is more qualified based on his race (white). How about all the times minority individuals were denied jobs or opportunities because people in power wanted to fill the spots with less qualified friends or to return favors?
***HG says***
My comment only referred to people who are or who are not qualified. You interpreted that to somehow mean white, which amounts to putting words in my mouth. I said Americans are Americans. The government has made legal a form of reverse discrimination with affirmative action, which falls under the two wrongs don’t make a right category. Affirmative action is an old boy system all in itself, as it excludes certain members of our society in favor of other members of our society. If you agree that the good old boy system is wrong, then you in principal also agree that Affirmative action is just as wrong. Discrimination is wrong, especially when the government is forcing it upon us.
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john says:
October 4, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Wow your ignorance baffles me!
Something you might want to look up before posting:
Who is the number one beneficiary of affirmative action programs? WHITE WOMEN. They are protected minorities under the umbrella of affirmative action. So your sister, mother, girlfriend, wife, and/or daughter benefit from affirmative action regardless of ethnic origin.
Something else to consider. Affirmative action combats preferences propagated by the oldest affirmative action program in history: the good old boy system. The good old boy system got GW Bush into Yale even though he didn’t have the grades; it got Sarah Palin the VP nomination even though there were more qualified female Republicans; and it was pervasive in the Bush administration as he often promoted those who were loyal more so than those who were qualified.
***HG says***
Your comment makes me even more comfortable that my understanding of affirmative action is correct, and your representation is laced with bias and hatred for Republicans, and WHITE WOMEN, rather than facts. The good old boy system will always exist. It is human nature. Just as it is human nature for groups to segregate themselves like the NAACP, and the black congressional caucus. Affirmative action denies those who are best qualified from getting the job, while allowing a lesser qualified person to get the job, which affects the quality of their work and productivity in a negative way, so the employer gets less for their investment.
Affirmative action was meant to force businesses to give those less qualified a chance. Today however, that law is no longer necessary since America sees everyone as Americans, and can judge for themselves who is best qualified. This is a different generation that doesn’t need those ideals forced on them.
Thank you for offering an opposing point of view. I hope in the future you’ll refrain from using labels like ignorant. We all have different opinions, sometimes strong, but we’re all still Americans with the right to speak freely.
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jmsmith says:
October 3, 2008 at 2:43 pm
That might just be the most rascist, uninformed comment I’ve ever read. Salt, you should be deeply ashamed.
***HG says***
Just the opposite. You’re statement itself is racist. Everyone who isn’t black has every right to ask those questions. Are you trying to silence my right to free speech?
Affirmative action makes it legal to discriminate against whites. That abuse is no different than the abuses that were legal during the days of slavery.
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Salt says:
October 3, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Do you know of ANY black people that DON’T support Osama???
Discrimination is dicrimination regardless!!!
I hope AA is gone anyway just like Roe V Wade!!
The only good thing IF he wins–is that I hope the the black culture will finally get off their butts and realize that being president can be done by a black person and quit living off of me — taxpayer!
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