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- From: Terry.Parks@launchpad.unc.edu (Terry Parks)
- Subject: Re: Affirmative Action should be Dead
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:48:27 GMT
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- > AA is needed because whites still hire whites at the
- > expense of more qualified Blacks.
-
- And I suppose AB is needed because whites hire blacks at the expense
- of more qualified whites and AC is needed because blacks hire whites at
- the expense of more qualified blacks and AD is needed because blacks hire
- blacks at the expense of more qualified whites. Mandating the hiring of
- people because of their race as AA does is an illogical solution to
- a belief that some people were hired because of their race.
-
- > The doors of opportunity are still closed
- > for Blacks in many areas and many professions.
-
- Could you name any of these mythical areas and professions? There are
- (unfortunately) many race based opportunities but all of them are
- denied Caucasians and not Blaks.
-
- > Hopefully whites will see the
- > problem with some of their hiring practices before too long.
-
- I guess you couldn't kept your racist insights to yourself.
-
- > AA is a good idea and if done correctly, does a lot of good.
-
- Such as? Deny hard-working, deserving people employment? AA benefits
- racists and unqualified "minorities" and women, at the expense of
- everyone else, especially non-racists and hard-working people.
-
- > Quotas are not part of the AA statutes, but some people use
- > quotas because they don't know the statute.
-
- Could you name one AA program which doesn't employ quotas?
-
- > 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.
-
- Today, "white people" in fact, do not control businesses and the
- government. Millions of these "white people" live in poverty. The truth
- is that not one is eligible for AA race preferences which are instead
- provided to millionare "minorities".
-
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