Should we get rid of affirmative action and other race-based laws?
Our government made race discrimination illegal with the civil rights laws of the '60s, which I totally agree with. No one should be treated unfairly because of race, sex or religion. However, our same government gives special treatment to minorities for government jobs, loans, even housing. If a private employer asked a person for their race on a job application, they would be sued for racial discrimination, but our government can and DOES consider race when giving out govern. jobs, or loans, housing. I even applied for a loan at a private bank online once and they asked me for my race, which I couldn't believe was even possible.
I think special treatment race-based laws do more harm than good. It causes minorities to depend on their skin color and not their skills, which in the long run does serious damage to them. Why the double standard?
2006-10-27
03:55:17
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Danny H
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