AA is at a minimum a prejudice program, a program where individuals are favored over other individuals because of race is racist.
But I agree with some of the others in saying that that in and of itself doesn't make the program morally wrong. The idea and the spirit of the program are well founded, however it is poorly executed. I'm not sure I could think of anything better that would ensure to some extent minority groups are offered equal standing in education and business. However the end result of this in my opinion isn't addressing the underlying issue of racial equality. This is something that goes much deeper than education and employment. As a society we have to ensure that different racial groups aren't treated differently to begin with. Education systems need to be fixed, we need as individuals need to get the idea out of our head that because somebody has a certain skin color that they must be better at this or more prone to that. Stereotyping is the long term problem, and AA doesn't address this problem, in fact I think it only goes to make the problem worse. Regardless of the facts of a given case; a black guy being picked over a white guy is going to cause the white guy to feel that he was passed over because he was white. That is going to enforce the stereotype that blacks aren't really as good as whites in business and that we great white people must at time provide help. Those stereotypes lead to racist practices, and the cycle is continued. > -----Original Message----- > From: Won Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:05 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Who Doesn't Discriminate? (WAS: playing the race card) > > Gruss, > > Thank you. While I may be a bit disappointed that you feel that AA is > no longer necessary, I can't fault you for your reasons. It is clear to > me that you do not view AA as a program based on racism. You see it as > a program race is one of the factors involved. > > And you are correct. The insidious danger in all of this is ironic. A > program designed to bridge the gap caused by years of racist policies is > being condemned as being racist. > > > -- > 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. > > Ron Artest: Extremely flawed, very accidental, semi-martyr > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144569 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
