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yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
6. So...
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 11:30 AM
Apr 2014

Democrats need not support affirmative action anymore because it would burden minorities with student loans, and colleges accept applicants regardless of race based on the college needing money?

And regardless of privilege and racism , the disproportionately smaller number of black college students and graduates, and disproportionately lower income of blacks, and the disproportionately higher unemployment rate of all educational levels of blacks, is offset because some blacks prevail anyway in the face of national institutionalized discrimination and bigotry?

Affirmative action is not a handout, it is a hand up in the face of actual racial outcomes. If we want equality and fairness, our American history shows it won't just happen.

The black comedian Chris Rock used to say, "There ain't a white man in America would trade places with me - and I'm rich!"

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
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