Black Racists

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Originally Posted by jewpinthethird

I'm just saying, if our government (mine, not yours devonin) is going to acknowledge race, why not go all out? I mean, if the races truly are different despite there being no biological evidence of "race" (skin color = a single trait, wide nose, curly hair, straight hair, tall, short, stocky, thin, skull structure = all single traits among millions, meaningless.)

I agree with you completely. ANY government institution that acknowledges race and provides any bias for or against that race simply should not exist. What I have been saying is that affirmative action in the form of giving an advantage to underpriviledged students from underfunded schools of ALL races. This can really only be beneficial and function to help individuals that really need it. It would also not harm the aid and reform of the educational system. If the government is ignorant enough to ignore all statistics and believe affirmative action is enough and thus is not motivated to fix the system, that is not a flaw with affirmative action, but with the government.

Unfortunately I can see this argument going in circles because of a central point of disagreement:
Relambrien and devonin seem to believe that affirmative action (even a race-blind form of it) is a distraction from the main issue of fixing the system, and that as it stands, there is too much room for abuse: people are less motivated to do work because they assume affirmative action will carry them.

I believe that affirmative action, while having no major benefit to the whole of fixing the educational system, is vital to providing what equality can be had to individuals. Just because it is abused (just like welfare), does that mean we should deny the right to education to those who truly need it? Why should someone (of ANY race) not be able to get an education because someone else took advantage of it? For that matter, why should welfare be gotten rid of and allow people to starve who truly need help and want to use the system correctly?