According to the answers to my last question, why is it, if we are all considered equal here in the U.S. do...

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minorities get treated special? You would figure that by now, we all know we each make our own destiny. All those scholarships could be done with proof of family income... call it a poverty scholarship. They don't have to be reserved for minorities only! Don't you think that there are caucasians in poverty as well? Why is it that a Miss Black America is allowed on TV? Why is it that a company can't just hire who ever is qualified for the job no matter their color? I'm sure we could find a way to proove that a company is predjudice, but, a school? Neighborhoods seem to determine which children are going to be in the schools by who lives in those communities. It just seems to me that the real point to the end of segrigation is lost if we are forced to do it anyway. The government keeps us segrigated! In Other countries, I've seen people asked... they don't say I'm black, or African English! They say, I'm English, or I'm German... So why do people segrigate here if they want equality?

Answer 1

As long as there are 'perks' by being a certain race, sex, or ethniicity, there will be inequality.

those who benefit from the perks don't want to lose them...and won't as long as they can cast a guilt trip on Congress.

To get rid of segregation in all forms, everyone has to be treated equal.......and I mean totally equal. No perks given.

Answer 2

Minorities get better treatment in some areaas because they were denied access to certain things for a long time. It is called affirmative action. It is not always a bad thing.
For example, blacks have been denied access to higher education for a long time. Not that they were banned, but they didn't always have the same opportunities. Inner cities are typically home to minorities and have substandard education. Their schools may have fewer, or older books. They may not have foreign language courses. They usually don't have AP courses.
They are not as attractive as applicants as kids from suburban schools or private schools. A minority who gets a B average from a poorer school is probably as talented as an A student from a good school.
In this case, should the B student's talent get acknowledged?
Also, when schools deny admission to certain groups of people, they don't get the opinions, talents and experiences of that group. They lose the advantage of a diverse student (and staff) body.

Answer 3

I agree completly. The government put affirmative action into place to make sure women and minorities got jobs in the workforce and were not excluded, and this was needed and a good thing. However, times have changed. Women for instance, are not given preferential treatment in many fields and being a woman, I don't want it. If I can't do a job, I shouldn't get it because I wear a skirt, but some think they are "owed", not all but some. I think the times have changed and it is each man or woman for themselves, regardless of color, religion, etc.

Answer 4

You obviously just woke from a v e r y long sleep. Your reasonings are antebellum. Get some air.
(and btw- in a decade or two there willl only be ONE race. Taken a good look around lately.?
Black men with white women
White men with Black women
Beautiful Mixed babies being born every hour
Wake up
Soon there will be little need for suntan lotion, except for wannabess like yourself.
so just stop.)