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Originally Posted by aquapub  Democrats identifying Democrat racism as being the reason Obama won WV is me distorting things?
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No, but using it as the basis for a rant against Affirmative Action is. The two are unrelated.
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The exception that proves the rule.
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Huh?
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Affirmative Action is fighting racism with racism. Two wrongs don't make a right.
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Affirmative Action is not racism. It is racial, and there may be better ways to do things, but it is not racism.
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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.
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A century ago? The 50's and 60's where a century ago?
You are right, the American Dream promises the opportunity to achieve success. In fact, that is important. Black Americans by and large have fewer opportunities for that success. That is what AA seeks to correct. I doubt it is the best method, but the goal of equal opportunity is to my mind a good one. I personally think AA is bad because it breeds resentment, which is long term damaging to society, and because it attacks the symptom of the problem, instead of the cause. Neither of these objections to it make it racism though.