Quote Originally Posted by Ozme52
Some ask why we need to renew it... and that alone shows that you are out of touch. You believe that you are typical in your attitudes and that racism is a thing of the past... it's not. I am constantly surprised by my well educated friends who unthinkingly spout some of the vilest racist epithets.

It's inborn to distrust "those people" from the next valley over. Whether we recognize them from their features, language, totems they worship, or clothes they wear, we are naturally wary of them and their motives.
I dont understand. Affirmative action is racism, good or not. Are you trying to say that not using affirmative action is racist? In black and white, what its saying is that when they consider an application, your race plays a factor. As simple as that.

In fact, you can even argue it is unfair towards the people that supposedly benefit from it (minorities), since theyre acceptance to good universities or jobs can be seen as a product of affirmative action, not individual skill. (Even if it is individual skill, how do you tell?)

Personally, if I was a monirity, I would want to be held to the same standards as everyone else. I would not want to be coddled and looked at as 'unable' to work as hard as the average white guy down the street. Thats about as racist as it gets, in my opinion.

Do you realize how unfair this is toward non-minorities? Despite their non-minority status, theyre still people. And dont look at them as a whole, and say "oh, whats one less white guy". Theyre individuals. It means white people have to work harder than minorities to get to the same places. Affirmative action is making the statement "white people are smarter than minorities" true in a limited sense, because the white people at a given workplace or campus are, actually, 'smarter' than their peers (by the application alone), since they beat the minority competition to get in.

Not cool.