I don't try to deny the problem, however I'd rather we talk about how to fix the root problem.
Affirmative Action is an attempt to patch something after the fact, we make it look like we are addressing the issue, when in fact we are keeping with the status quo. When we talk about race relations we say we have Affirmative Action, but Affirmative Action was designed to be temporary while we work on fixing the problem with education and society. Problem is we aren't fixing the real problem, so we are never going to get to a point where we can get rid of Affirmative Action, or similar policies. -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:51 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Who Doesn't Discriminate? (WAS: playing the race card) welll... affirmative action is intended to compensate for this. But yes, it would be better if neighborhoods were integrated, inner city schools weren't about institutionalization rather than education, and all children were challenged from an early age. Imho negative expections are a particularly insidious form of racism. But in the meantime, there IS a problem whether you see it or not. Less of a problem than there was in 1965, when the idea of a black man being a system administrator at an agency like Sandia would be unthinkable, and less than thre was in 1975 even, when they made the infamous Star Trek episode where Kirk becomes a woman and therefore is *obviously* unfit for duty..... but there's still a problem. Dana On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:14:30 -0500, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm talking about the public education system, you go to a particular school > based on where you live. > > Affirmative Action has no bearing on this. > > We need to fix the schools, and the communities. We need to start raising > minorities that focus more on brain power and less on street power. > > I'm talking about higher education, where you have to apply to get in. I'm > talking about the neighborhood elementary school that has one teacher for 45 > students with 10 year old computers, bad heat and lighting. > > These are the things I'm talking about. Affirmative Action doesn't mean > anything here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:144765 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
