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- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 07:15:57 EST
- From: <KRB104@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <92364.071557KRB104@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: alt.discrimination,talk.politics.misc
- Subject: Re: Affirmative Action is Dead
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- >Organization: Penn State University
- >Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 07:09:34 EST
- >From: <KRB104@psuvm.psu.edu>
- >Message-ID: <92364.070934KRB104@psuvm.psu.edu>
- >Newsgroups:
- > alt.discrimination,
- > talk.politics.misc
- >Subject: Re: Affirmative action is dead
- >References: <BzKC55.6JK@agora.rain.com> <1h53p2INNqpq@spim.mti.sgi.com>
- > <GPRIORES.92Dec28104345@fish.oracle.com>
-
- >In article <GPRIORES.92Dec28104345@fish.oracle.com>, gpriores@oracle.com n
- >(gordo
- >prioreschi) says:
- >>
- >>In article <1h53p2INNqpq@spim.mti.sgi.com> mpolen@suntory.mti.sgi.com (Mike
- >>Polen) writes:
- >>>Actually, South Africa is a precedent for a society which bases everything
- >>>on protecting the power of a racial minority. AA will be needed to protect
- >>>whites by the year 2010.
- >>
- >>The underlying assumption here is, of course, that AA is
- >>"automatically" needed to protect every minority group.
- >>
- >>Not to mention that I will bet you dollars to donuts that the moment
- >>somebody advocates affirmative action to protect _whites_ is the
- >>moment we hear the first anti-AA sentiments from certain segments of
- >>the liberal camp.
- >>
- >> Cordially,
- >>
- >> -g
- The latest census figures extrapolate the white majority in this country
- becoming the minority somewhere around 2050, not the 2010 that someone
- believes
- here. Hopefully by 2010, let alone 2050, this country will be smart enough to
- not need AA for anyone. AA is needed because whites still hire whites at the
- expense of more qualified Blacks. The doors of opportunity are still closed
- for Blacks in many areas and many professions. Hopefully whites will see the
- problem with some of their hiring practices before too long. AA is a good
- idea
- and if done correctly, does a lot of good. Quotas are not part of the AA
- statutes, but some people use quotas because they don't know the statute. AA
- will never be used to protect white people because white people, at least in
- the foreseeable future, will control the businesses and the government, so
- there will be no need for AA for whites.
-
-