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kelliekat44

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2. Really, it doesn't make that much difference in this day. Minorities don't need to be strapped with

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 10:30 AM

Apr 2014

huge loans after graduation. The ones with money will get into the schools they apply for anyway because the schools need the money to keep perpetuating the system as it is. The students who need the financial aid and who are college material will get it to enter other schools. What prospective students need is jobs, training for good paying jobs that are needed in today's economy. There are people walking the streets with expensive college degrees looking for jobs. The economic system of privilege and racism is alive and well. Yet we rise!

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UPDATED: Supreme Court upholds Michigan’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions [View all] DonViejo Apr 2014 OP

Thank God Almighty! yallerdawg Apr 2014 #1

Really, it doesn't make that much difference in this day. Minorities don't need to be strapped with kelliekat44 Apr 2014 #2

So... yallerdawg Apr 2014 #6

Unemployment Rate Lower For College Graduates erpowers Apr 2014 #17

I see Uncle Thomas continues to vote to pull up the ladder behind him n/t n2doc Apr 2014 #3

"Uncle Thomas" - I'd laugh, but he makes me cry. rurallib Apr 2014 #4

Ain't that the truth. SoapBox Apr 2014 #5

Jury results Major Nikon Apr 2014 #22

Always nice to see an o- fer n2doc Apr 2014 #23

I'm no legal scholar - will this be the downfall of all affirmative action? groundloop Apr 2014 #7

I don't think you're reading too much into it... DonViejo Apr 2014 #8

Apparently, Kennedy pulled out the fact that it was the result of an election . . . The Stranger Apr 2014 #11

So is he going to apply that "LOGIC" to gay marriage cases? dbackjon Apr 2014 #14

Perhaps that is where they are headed. The Stranger Apr 2014 #15

I hope not - that ruling gave me a sick feeling. dbackjon Apr 2014 #16

Kennedy said nothing in the Constitution or the court’s prior cases gives judges the authority to AlinPA Apr 2014 #20

Leave it to Michigan to fabricate equality. kokobell616 Apr 2014 #9

The most corrupt SCOTUS ever. blackspade Apr 2014 #10

The absolute dirtiest. What doesn't wear well is their putrid holier-than-thou pomposity. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2014 #24

Remember, the decision isn't about if this is a good law or not Reter Apr 2014 #12

no surprise here heaven05 Apr 2014 #13

Affirmative action harmed Asians in California bob27 Apr 2014 #18

So much for the protection of the minority. The majority rules in the US. AlinPA Apr 2014 #19

Supreme Court upholds white privilege. NT clg311 Apr 2014 #21

Nothing else. Welcome to D.U. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2014 #25

Thank you. clg311 Apr 2014 #26