There are a lot of people who really don't understand affirmative action.
It's like a game of monopoly - for almost 200 years black people could roll the dice, but they weren't allowed to buy property. So in the 60s we said we'll let black people roll the dice AND buy property three or four times in a row to help them catch up.
When a white person got skipped in that process - some started screaming "reverse discrimination"
B.S.
But the real problem I have is that the program needs to have some quantifiable goals that will trigger the end of the program. There's no reason it should go on forever.
As I mentioned I can see how affirmative action can be perceived to be unfair at times. Yes, occasionally a white kid will lose to a black kid of equal stature (applying to a college, etc) directly due to affirmative action policies. But who cares? If you're a smart white kid I see no barriers for you getting into college, landing a job, etc in the United States.
Therefore I have no problem with a little bit of affirmative action existing here or there. I think black folks are still discriminated against on many different levels and this little attempt to help is not something we
should set up as a "key platform issue".
That's ridiculous.
