Affirmative Action

[Archer 007]

Originally posted by Zarn
You may be surprised of what Republicans (the voters) think. Republicans here see an economic AA as equal opportunity, not socialism. Republicans here also value education more than most other Republicans (yet school budgets are horrible here, since Republicans don't have much power in New Jersey), so it may be that Republicans here can't speak for the majority.

I wasnt trying to state that all Republicans feel that way, but I do feel it is a general trend. As a Jersey Republican, the party in your state proboly has to play itself a bit more moderately anyway.

 

[trader/warrior]

so to be totally unracist(ignoring skin color n stuff) some people should have advantages because some other people have experienced racism

 

[Ayatollah So]

Originally posted by BloodyPepperoni
Yes, it creates unfair situations, like that case that you don't stop pointing out : black rich kid vs poor white kid. But given the current situation, I think it is less worse doing with AA that doing nothing at all.

You raise the right question. The question is not whether AA is perfect (obviously not), or even whether it adequately remedies racism (it gives the most help to those who have suffered low to moderate impacts of racism). The question is whether it is better than the alternatives. The politically possible alternatives - which doesn't include a world in which all public schools have exactly equal per-student funding.

 

[Zarn]

I just recently wrote a paper on Affirmative Action concerning race, gender, and economics. I'm only for economics.

Everyone can point out having ancestors being abused. Heck, most Europeans are descendents of peasants.