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I never Knew so many people were against Affirmative Action...
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I don't have anything against jewish people, but you can hide the fact that your jewish (if you wanted to) you can't hide being black.It's harder to point out a jewish person over pointing out a black person.
Also, to all those saying, "what about the qualified white person not getting into the school or getting the job." What about the qualified blackpeople that don't get the job or get into the school, because thier black?
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Jews, historically, may have experienced greater deal of persecution than blacks, but not in this country. Not by a long shot.
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most important word in your sentence.
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in my life, it was harder for me to get into college, it was harder for me to get a job and it is harder for me to get promoted because im a white male ...
on one hand i dont really feel like paying for what white people (although not exclusively) did 200 years ago ... on the other hand, theres really nothing ican do about it but work harder and hope to cath a break ...
i will say this though, in the grand scheme of things, right now minorities have it as good if not better when it comes to schooling/job opportunities ...
on one hand i dont really feel like paying for what white people (although not exclusively) did 200 years ago ... on the other hand, theres really nothing ican do about it but work harder and hope to cath a break ...
i will say this though, in the grand scheme of things, right now minorities have it as good if not better when it comes to schooling/job opportunities ...
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I'm hurting. I'm feeling the effects of AA and who they choose for Financial Aid.
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Financial Aid is NOT based on race and has NOTHING to do with AA. It is all based on combined earnings between you and your family.
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naw man, they gave all his financial aid that he needed so desperately to some under-qualified, caked-up black kids....
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i already have my degree from a nice school ... already have a job ... and actually just heard this morning that i will be getting a promotion at the end ofjuly ... im on my way, but as i said in my experience i have had it harder than most of my minority friends ... now granted, i havent made it to the extrasuper corporate setting where i golf 3 days a week and work for a few hours, but at the entry/lower level thats my experience ...
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yeah, cause there's so many minorities there already.....you just got left out....due to racialbias...
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wow i didnt even know this thread made it past the first page..But i just stopped in to say that AA definitely has its place today in society. Minorities arejust now being allowed to reach their full potential in upper management, yet they still have failed to penetrate the CEO level jobs. The same goes for womenas well..I expect future generations to do well when it comes to diversifying the workplace, but thats the thing..its gonna take GENERATIONS.
We must realize that white folks have a firm hold and network in place that will ensure that they move up through the ranks, and just a few minorities andwomen making it to the top wont help that much in the scheme of things.
They have access and resources to the best education, clubs, and people that it takes to reach the top.
Yes, black people have networks established too, but even within our own race, the elite African American class that were able to break through first sinceslavery was abolished tend to seperate themselves from us regular African Americans. Alot of them share the same views as alot of white people, and look downupon us. Consequently we not only have to accept ourselves as being equal on the fabric of the US as a people, but being equal within our own race, word to the"light skinned women appreciation posts" or "mixed women appreciation post". We need to appreciate our race in all colors and forms.
I read the "Our Own People" book that was reccommended on this forum, and it turned out to be really enlightening and i highly reccommend it..
We must realize that white folks have a firm hold and network in place that will ensure that they move up through the ranks, and just a few minorities andwomen making it to the top wont help that much in the scheme of things.
They have access and resources to the best education, clubs, and people that it takes to reach the top.
Yes, black people have networks established too, but even within our own race, the elite African American class that were able to break through first sinceslavery was abolished tend to seperate themselves from us regular African Americans. Alot of them share the same views as alot of white people, and look downupon us. Consequently we not only have to accept ourselves as being equal on the fabric of the US as a people, but being equal within our own race, word to the"light skinned women appreciation posts" or "mixed women appreciation post". We need to appreciate our race in all colors and forms.
I read the "Our Own People" book that was reccommended on this forum, and it turned out to be really enlightening and i highly reccommend it..
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*+*$* will you *@%@!+ relax with your responses? i meant that i havent made it there so i dont have experience as to what discrimination takes place ...
calm your +*+ down ... and just for your information, the chain of command for me right now goes through 3 black people until you get to the regional presidentwho is white ... so on one hand you can say well see the big big boss is white, on the other hand you got 3 black people ahead of my white +*+ who is BLATANTLYmore qualified than one of those people and as qualified as the other 2 ... but im not sitting here whining about it, im just working as well as i can andwaiting for a break ...
it just paid off today, and im hoping it will pay off in the future ...
calm your +*+ down ... and just for your information, the chain of command for me right now goes through 3 black people until you get to the regional presidentwho is white ... so on one hand you can say well see the big big boss is white, on the other hand you got 3 black people ahead of my white +*+ who is BLATANTLYmore qualified than one of those people and as qualified as the other 2 ... but im not sitting here whining about it, im just working as well as i can andwaiting for a break ...
it just paid off today, and im hoping it will pay off in the future ...
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A lot of people don't know this but, Asian(Asian and Indians) Americans don't count for affirmative action.
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qft ...
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where do I begin?
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actually, you ARE whining about it, you ARE mad and
how you more qualified, THREE rungs below people?
first guy? maybe....second guy? doubtful....third guy? oh, it's racial discrimination....
like ole boy said, i think you're just really average.....
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
Did you ever think you aren't as smart as you think you are. I am a white male and guess what I easily got into college. Guess what else I easily becamepart of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. SO it says more to your qualifications than it does to Affirmative Action.
Try not just 200 years ago 45 years ago and 50 years ago. Try even today. Remember Martin? How about COINTELPRO? How about the war on drugs? How about unfairhousing practices?
If you are top of the crop you will not get looked over. Hell if you are middle of the crop you will not get looked over unless it is by the top. Since youseem to be at the bottom-middle part of the crop instead of saying you are not qualified, you say god damn Affirmative Action.
I also think you have no idea of what black people go through. Check their unenployment rates, check "urban schools"
So before you go and blame everyone because you are not the top notch, look at yourself.
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see? he understands white privilege....
he isn't sitting up here saying "sorry for slavery, get over it already" because he understands how he benefits from it.....
it's not a conscious or even purposeful benefit, but it's a definite benefit...
he's not under the guise that he's just so much better than everyone else, this kid 'gets it'
which, i guess, is the difference between, say, you and him...
or him and fede
or him and tbone
get it?
-adds essential1 to the list of NTers who i'd pass the trees to-
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i easily got into college as well ... ... ... ? but not because i was handed my acceptance letter, because i had what would be equivalent to a 3.8high school gpa and took my sat over to get a 1520 instead of just skating by because of a law with my initial 1260 ... i easily became a part of phi eta sigmamy freshman year and went on to be a part of NSCS ... so what was your point again?
i just finished my last college class at the end of january, and am being promoted in july ... its not like im struggling as i said, however i have beendiscriminated against and looked over for unjust reasons, evident in me winning my case against my previous employer ...
i also have minority friends who were GIVEN acceptance and GIVEN aid and GIVEN housing and GIVEN many other things that i was not simply because they were aminority ... both of my good friends from baltimore bought rims for their cars with their reimbursment checks because they claimed they lived somewhere and gota check cut ... was i mad at that? no not really they were just taking advantage of the system and i would have probably done the same if i could, but thatdoesnt make it right ...
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again I ask...
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wouldn't that be somewhat fair?
You'd be crazy to think they would ever let go of this crutch.
