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Raineyb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-29-09 12:15 PM
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18. The city had determined that the test was not proper when they threw it out in the first place
Which they had every right to do under the law and as was ruled by the other judges who saw this case. I know damn well you're not about to tell me that a man who had scored well on a previous test is so stupid he couldn't score well on the new one. In addition I know damn well you're not about to tell me that white men are so much more intellectually superior that the reason for the racial disparities in the tests results were merely because of a defect in the other racial groups taking this test. Are you?
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  -So is Affirmative Action now dead? Winterblues  Jun-29-09 11:04 AM   #0 
  - What do you mean?  ZombieHorde   Jun-29-09 11:04 AM   #1 
  - The case just decided by the Extreme Court ruled race couldn't be a consideration  Winterblues   Jun-29-09 11:06 AM   #2 
     - That is not what the news report I read stated.  ZombieHorde   Jun-29-09 11:13 AM   #3 
     - That is absolutely incorrect ...  RoyGBiv   Jun-29-09 11:15 AM   #5 
     - It was to accelerate the leveling of the playing field for minorities.  laureloak   Jun-29-09 11:24 AM   #8 
     - Not sure what you mean by that. n/t  RoyGBiv   Jun-29-09 01:10 PM   #25 
     - What affirmative action is and isn't is a touchy issue, and one we don't have a consensus on  Recursion   Jun-29-09 12:05 PM   #11 
        - I'm aware of that ...  RoyGBiv   Jun-29-09 01:10 PM   #24 
     - Actually that was not it at all  ProgressiveProfessor   Jun-29-09 11:19 AM   #7 
  - I hope so.  laureloak   Jun-29-09 11:15 AM   #4 
  - Equal access does not  Mz Pip   Jun-29-09 12:31 PM   #20 
     - The only way to address it: MERIT  laureloak   Jun-29-09 01:26 PM   #31 
        - as determined by?  Hannah Bell   Jun-30-09 05:10 AM   #41 
           - Achievement. Grades. Behavior. etc, etc.  laureloak   Jun-30-09 02:11 PM   #44 
  - No. n/t  RoyGBiv   Jun-29-09 11:16 AM   #6 
  - If throwing out a test  MellowDem   Jun-29-09 11:38 AM   #9 
  - The test should have been thrown out because it clearly is not fair.  Raineyb   Jun-29-09 12:08 PM   #12 
     - How was the test "clearly not fair"? ....  brendan120678   Jun-29-09 12:10 PM   #13 
     - The city had determined that the test was not proper when they threw it out in the first place  Raineyb   Jun-29-09 12:15 PM   #18 
        - No...I was just going to ask why they waited until after the test...  brendan120678   Jun-29-09 01:12 PM   #26 
        - You are making up facts.  Statistical   Jun-29-09 01:15 PM   #27 
        - Actually, what the city did had been in line with the long held interpretation  Raineyb   Jun-30-09 05:00 AM   #38 
        - Wrong ...  RoyGBiv   Jun-29-09 01:25 PM   #30 
     - No it wasn't "cearly" not fair.  Statistical   Jun-29-09 12:21 PM   #19 
        - Just a note ...  RoyGBiv   Jun-29-09 01:31 PM   #32 
        - It would be a cold day in hell before that will ever happen.  Raineyb   Jun-29-09 01:42 PM   #35 
  - No, as always one just can't stupid about it.  aikoaiko   Jun-29-09 12:03 PM   #10 
  - There's a difference between "quotas" and "affirmative action".  kjackson227   Jun-29-09 12:11 PM   #14 
  - Yeah, for rich white boys as always n/t  Raineyb   Jun-29-09 12:12 PM   #15 
     - Rich white boys or rich black boys - which do you not like? n/t  laureloak   Jun-29-09 03:31 PM   #37 
  - Nope, the standard for lawsuits is altered  WeDidIt   Jun-29-09 12:13 PM   #16 
  - Ah Yes, A Voice of Clarity  On the Road   Jun-29-09 12:33 PM   #21 
  - I hope so. I hate being judged based on the color of my skin.  cbdo2007   Jun-29-09 12:14 PM   #17 
  - I have a question for anyone who can answer.  Lilyeye   Jun-29-09 12:48 PM   #22 
  - Thank you for pointing this out. Really pisses me off that  Solomon   Jun-29-09 01:00 PM   #23 
  - I agree...I hate being judged on my gender also.  cbdo2007   Jun-29-09 01:17 PM   #28 
  - Please spare me the insinuation that it wasn't like that before AA  Raineyb   Jun-30-09 05:12 AM   #42 
  - ...  Catherine Vincent   Jun-29-09 01:33 PM   #33 
  - You are absolutely right about that.  Raineyb   Jun-29-09 01:40 PM   #34 
     - if you make an assertion you have to prove it  CTLawGuy   Jun-30-09 05:24 AM   #43 
  - No ...  RoyGBiv   Jun-29-09 01:22 PM   #29 
  - Technically whites have benefitted more from AA than blacks because of number of white women...  uponit7771   Jun-30-09 05:08 AM   #39 
  - white females have been the main beneficiaries of aa.  Hannah Bell   Jun-30-09 05:09 AM   #40 
  - Thanks for the responses.  Lilyeye   Jun-29-09 03:15 PM   #36 
 

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