Posted on 12/04/2002 2:42:06 PM PST by youngtechster
Should affirmative action play a role in American society? The Supreme Court is to get involved in the affirmative action debate as it plans to rule on whether colleges can use race as a factor in their admissions policies. A number of white applicants to the University of Michigan claim they were turned down because of their race and now the court will rule on whether affirmative action should be a component of higher education admissions. Supporters of affirmative action argue it leads to more representative institutions, while critics claim it is unfair and discriminatory.
Should affirmative action play a role in American society?
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I now think they ought to give 15% of the seats in each house of Congress to conservative, native born white males, with no election needed, any more than their favorite minorities needed a brain to get into UCLA.
That's the ticket-- straight into Congress by race alone, no merit needed. That's what Dems believe in, they hate the qualified, want jobs and educations given out "by race alone..."
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