[treetopsandroofs]

Anytime someone publicly discusses getting rid of affirmative action, there is a chorus of, “America isn’t where it needs to be YET,” stated by blacks as fact with no supporting evidence, despite a minority pres(id)ent.

[MarkL]

"Affirmative Action" brings about what has been coined as "the soft bigotry of low expectations." It can be quite destructive. First off, in a lot a cases, it causes college students who would do well is lower echelon schools to flunk out of schools which demand more rigorous preparation. And these people rarely go back to school: They're often so disheartened that they give up. This has been well documented by (I can't recall which) either Thomas Sowell or Walter Williams. Had they gone to a school that was better suited to their preparation level, they might go on to successful educational careers.

Secondly, affirmative action can contribute to bigotry against people who actually EARN their positions. A belief by their co-workers, whether deserved or not, that they got to their position because of their race. This is terribly unfair to those who actually earned their position, and what's worse, can be terribly unfair others of the same race who had nothing to do with it. An unearned position by an incompetent can lead to bigorty.

Mark