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Originally Posted by Redress  Complaining about distortion in a thread that is nothing but distortion and baiting is kinda amusing. |
Democrats identifying Democrat racism as being the reason Obama won WV is me distorting things?
Um...sure.
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Originally Posted by Redress I am not a big fan of Affirmative Action, but I do understand the reason some support it. When systematic racism in the past has left a race with fewer opertunities for success, then I can see, and understand why people might see it as one way to give people of that race an even chance at success. |
The exception that proves the rule.
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Originally Posted by Redress Note that Affirmative Action has absolutely nothing to do with the events in West Virginia. That is actual racism, and both parties have members who are guilty of it. AA is not racism, it is an attempt to repair damage done by racism. This is a pretty unsubtle difference. |
Affirmative Action is fighting racism with racism. Two wrongs don't make a right.
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Originally Posted by Redress Now, a question: do you have any actual suggestions as to how to repair the damage done by the system of legally promoted and systematic racism that was in place for 100 years post Civil War that does not target blacks for special assistance? Or do you somehow think it is OK that one race of people have fewer chances at success in this country, due to the lingering affects of that countries own policies? |
Anyone who wants success can earn it. Atrocities from a century ago hold no one back today. The
Irish were violated in a number of ways for centuries, and many of them came over here poor as a result. Their poverty-stricken starting point doesn't warrant federal nanny state intervention on their behalf today anymore than slavery a hundred years ago warrants extra handouts for blacks now. It warrants hard work on the part of the Irish, as with blacks. The American Dream promises the
opportunity to achieve success, not success itself.