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Obama threatened, called 'monkey' by ex-Carson council candidate

poor whites never suffered from the kind of discrimination that poor & middle-class blacks have suffered from in the USA.

Sure they did.

The Irish, hillbillies, etc. - documented discrimination occurred. What about women? Should women have AA? And there are plenty of other unfair disadvantages besides discrimination.
 
wrong. AA was created to deal with existing discrimination against minorities and to address the lasting-results of it.

I believe, these results still exist. However, I believe AA should take socio-economic status into account, as all blacks & Hispanics are NOT the same.

Existing discrimination against minorities? Sounds a lot like racism to me, which is what I said in my earlier statement. If you wouldn't call it racism, what would you call the reason for "exisiting discrimination against minorities"?

And AA doesn't take socio-economic status into account so I don't believe it should exist in todays time. If it starts doing that, then yes, I think it has a purpose. But as it stands now, AA does not, I think it should go.
 
poor whites never suffered from the kind of discrimination that poor & middle-class blacks have suffered from in the USA.

Ever try growing up as a poor white kid in a majority poor black neighborhood? Try it sometime and let me know. My father did and let me tell you, he had it worse than a poor black kid in the same neighborhood.
 
Ever try growing up as a poor white kid in a majority poor black neighborhood? Try it sometime and let me know. My father did and let me tell you, he had it worse than a poor black kid in the same neighborhood.

from 2nd grade to 9th grade, I was a racial & religious minority. and no, it was not fun.
 
Existing discrimination against minorities? Sounds a lot like racism to me, which is what I said in my earlier statement. If you wouldn't call it racism, what would you call the reason for "exisiting discrimination against minorities"?

And AA doesn't take socio-economic status into account so I don't believe it should exist in todays time. If it starts doing that, then yes, I think it has a purpose. But as it stands now, AA does not, I think it should go.

Do away with it all together and may the best person get the job.
 
I've only read page one here and it is patently obvious from his use of N...... and monkey that the remark is racist, period! However, suggesting to the loose nuts out there, to commit murder is heinous and to direct such virulence at children should land him under a jail! After watching so many episodes of 'Criminal Minds", "Law and Order - criminal intent", etc. I not only feel in my gut but also believe J. Manson is trying to influence some less than sane human to do what he requested.
 
Do away with it all together and may the best person get the job.

uhm thats actually what AA/EO does. Anything else is in fact NOT AA/EO
 
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