On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:20:38 +0000, NOYB wrote:


It's not about "being an expert". It's about applying commonsense. The
color of your skin shouldn't give you extra points in the admission process
when you're applying to a College...especially if that college is
taxpayer-funded.

Where were you when the color of your skin kept you out of that college?
It wasn't that long ago. Civil rights have come a long way recently, and
Affirmative Action was just one of the tools used. Perhaps it's
usefulness is now declining, but it was a *small* price to pay to right a
*grievous* wrong.

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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:20:38 +0000, NOYB wrote:


It's not about "being an expert". It's about applying commonsense. The
color of your skin shouldn't give you extra points in the admission
process
when you're applying to a College...especially if that college is
taxpayer-funded.

Where were you when the color of your skin kept you out of that college?


The college I am referring to is Michigan. I dunno that the color of ones
skin *ever* kept people out of that college.

It wasn't that long ago. Civil rights have come a long way recently, and
Affirmative Action was just one of the tools used. Perhaps it's
usefulness is now declining,

I agree...much like unions.


but it was a *small* price to pay to right a
*grievous* wrong.

So you punish some innocent white kid because some ignorant, fat white guy
oppressed a bunch of black people 45 years ago?

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 22:28:24 +0000, NOYB wrote:


So you punish some innocent white kid because some ignorant, fat white guy
oppressed a bunch of black people 45 years ago?

Let's see, Affirmative Action has been around maybe 20-30 years,
oppression of blacks has been around maybe several hundred years. I would
also point out, that a handful of whites not getting into the college of
their choice, doesn't compare with black oppression. So, on a scale, I'm
relatively unconcerned. Again, affirmative action was a tool that,
perhaps, has outlived it's usefulness.

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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 22:28:24 +0000, NOYB wrote:


So you punish some innocent white kid because some ignorant, fat white
guy
oppressed a bunch of black people 45 years ago?

Let's see, Affirmative Action has been around maybe 20-30 years,
oppression of blacks has been around maybe several hundred years.

Don't you mean "oppression of blacks *HAD BEEN* around for several hundred
years"? You don't buy into the crap that they're still oppressed, do you?

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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 22:28:24 +0000, NOYB wrote:


So you punish some innocent white kid because some ignorant, fat white
guy
oppressed a bunch of black people 45 years ago?

Let's see, Affirmative Action has been around maybe 20-30 years,
oppression of blacks has been around maybe several hundred years.

Don't you mean "oppression of blacks *HAD BEEN* around for several hundred
years"? You don't buy into the crap that they're still oppressed, do you?

A quote from my neighbor, who is NOT unusual: "Hey...I got nothin' against
them, but I'm not too wild about them buyin' houses on this street. And
didja see some of them at the school concert last week? Some of 'em look
like animals, not people".

This is Rochester, NY.

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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 22:28:24 +0000, NOYB wrote:


So you punish some innocent white kid because some ignorant, fat white
guy
oppressed a bunch of black people 45 years ago?

Let's see, Affirmative Action has been around maybe 20-30 years,
oppression of blacks has been around maybe several hundred years.

Don't you mean "oppression of blacks *HAD BEEN* around for several hundred
years"? You don't buy into the crap that they're still oppressed, do you?

A quote from my neighbor, who is NOT unusual: "Hey...I got nothin' against
them, but I'm not too wild about them buyin' houses on this street. And
didja see some of them at the school concert last week? Some of 'em look
like animals, not people".

This is Rochester, NY.



Yes, people of color are still oppressed in this country. If you think
otherwise, you've got your head buried deep in Rush Limbaugh's butt.

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"thunder" wrote in message
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Affirmative Action was just one of the tools used. Perhaps it's
usefulness is now declining, but it was a *small* price to pay to right a
*grievous* wrong.


So instead, we have another "grievous" wrong...used to try to correct a
prior "grievous" wrong.

When Mrs. Wong comes out of the maternity ward carrying a white baby, Mr.
Wong get's very mad. Guess what he says?

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"Two Wongs don't make a white"