Ultima
July 27, 2005, 12:01am
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knoxxxville:
Well, that's what I don't like about affirmative action: because I'm latina, no matter where I get in my life, I'll never know if I really got there on my own merit or if rich white guys were giving me a hand up all the time. That's another thing to add to the long list of problems I have with affirmative action. Besides, if you're going to look at a minority and assume they've been discriminated against, you have to assume they've also been given the hand up. BECAUSE THEY HAVE. Whether or not you needed it, if you're a minority, affirmative action helped you--EVEN IF YOU COULD HAVE DONE IT ON YOUR OWN. Even if you didn't need affirmative action. If you get into Harvard with a 2400 SAT and you're black, that's great, but you probably could have gotten in with a 2100, too, although perhaps a person who isn't a URM couldn't have. </p>
<p>Besides, if you're looking at white people assuming they're rich, you're every bit as discriminatory and racist as anyone who assumes all minorities at college ONLY got in by the grace of AA.
<p>hmm...are you calling yourself a racist?.....</p>