2006-06-11 17:28:32 · 5 answers · asked by Nick N 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
It will go on as long as liberals can convince people that blacks are incapable of being successful based on their own merits. As long as they do that, they will be able to convince black people and cause a self-fulfilling prophecy of inadequacy that will keep them from achieving what they are capable of achieving.
2006-06-11 20:34:21 · answer #1 · answered by rusty shackleford 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you miss the point of affirmative action. When it is used (which still happens in a wide variety of situations), minorities get preferential treatment in the interests of diversity.
Now, minorities don't mean black. In a school district where 70% of the population is black or asian or hispanic, then other races are the minority and some school districts use affirmative action laws to enforce diversity.
The alternative to affirmative action is true color-blind laws -- race cannot be used in decision making for any purpose. Diversity, segregation, busing, affirmative action, race-based exceptions -- all of those become invalid.
I personally think that the ideal system would not categorize people at all -- not by race, gender, culture, hair color, sexual orientation, or anything else. A person is a person is a person and all laws should just deal with individuals. But, sadly, I don't think that's going to happen for a long time, because humans seem to need to categorize into 'same' and 'different', passing laws based on those categories and treating people differently based on those categories..
The goals of affirmative action are to remedy past discrimination. But since discrimination is apparently always going to be here, that goal is never achievable.
2006-06-12 00:42:45 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there most certainly is affirmative action & it does hold them down & it will continue, just as it continues to inspire what racism is left in our country, until democrats quit using the race card & social programs to enslave a voting block that they never do anything for.
2006-06-12 08:59:37 · answer #3 · answered by djack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't hold blacks down when white women benefit too..
2006-06-12 00:33:28 · answer #4 · answered by clifton_woodruff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is anymore affirmative action. and, I'm black... and I don't think I am being held down.
2006-06-12 00:32:07 · answer #5 · answered by *karasi* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋