Which racism is worse?

Question

Ignorant hicks who refuse to hire black people because of decades-old racism still held in their minds

OR....

Mainstream Americans who will higher a less-qualified black person than a white person in the name of "Affirmative Action"

While one is severely frowned upon by society, the other is considered a norm. I think that makes it more dangerous.

Answer 1

Actions of any kind based on race is by definition racism, all of which are wrong. Merit is what should count, period.

Want to really get rid of racism in America?

A person I once met stated it quite succinctly.
Quit talking about it.

He says he finds Black History Month “ridiculous.”

“You're going to relegate my history to a month?” asks Freeman. “I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history,” he says, noting that there are no white or Jewish history months.

How can we get rid of racism?

“Stop talking about it. I'm going to stop calling you a white man,” Freeman says to Wallace. “And I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man. I know you as Mike Wallace. You know me as Morgan Freeman. You wouldn't say, ‘Well, I know this white guy named Mike Wallace.’ You know what I'm sayin’?”

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The idea that calculated counter racism is a cure for racism or past racism is lunacy. Sure it sounds like a good idea, but in pratice doesn't work.
Everyone is racist to some degree. Your either somewhat racist or your a liar. To belive that "white America" owes you something is racist. No living white person owns or owned slaves - you aren't and weren't a slave....its totally based on race.
To me in both cases you listed ignorace is the key factor. Ignorance of another race and thier being no better, no worse in the first case - and the ignorace of reality in the second.

ADD: I think it is funny that some believe that Whites are more Racist than blacks. NAACP, Jet magazine, BET, UNCF....not racist at all - besides the fact that they are totally based on race. The fact that you lump all white people together is racists. Its the attitude that the government owes you something that keeps any population down.

Answer 4

The first because like the first poster said, it could argued that that is true or not. Affirmative action is NOT about hiring the less qualified, because for any job you have to be qualified to get the job, Affirmative action or not.

Answer 5

both is.. and i will tell you one more.. i know a man who was refuse a manager assistant job because he could not speak Spanish even though the manager could not speak it.. see he was half Mex and could not speak his language and the one they wanted was a girl who did not know as much about the business as he did.but she was able to speak spanish.. the manager ended up quitting in just 2 months and that was 7 months ago.. and still no assistant in site

Answer 6

How do you know the black person is less qualified? Because he/she got his/her bachelor's in City College (a public university in NYC) rather than Harvard?
As we write, white high school drop outs earn more in a lifetime than black college dropouts. the same principle works for college drop outs, too. So, something is going on.
With regards to your first scenario, blacks have been going through that for decades.
AA is not preferential hiring, it's to make sure people like the "ignorant hicks" (or you, for that matter) don't get unnecessarily picky in their hiring process.

Answer 7

Affirmative Action isn't solely for the purpose of hiring a less qualified black person, to assume that is just ridiculous. Affirmative Action is to allow for the consideration of blacks and other races as well as women in predominately WHITE male dominated environments that otherwise would continue to exclude and ostracize women, blacks and other races depriving them of equal opportunity. There are very qualified people from other races that are not given the opportunities due to racism, but are equally as qualified and capable.

Answer 8

Affirmative action is for losers and under-achievers and for people who suffer from white guilt.

Answer 9

You probably don't remember me talking with you years ago in that new york subway,you talked with my family for like a couple of minutes,were from South Carolina? you do remember. right? you were OK.Mr Eastwood,
but we should all be kinder in our actions towards others is my way.

Answer 10

you have a good point, i never looked at it in that way with the long term affects and everything.

I guess it is impossible to know which one is really worse