tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post1441594072113451637..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Affirmative-action bake saleRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-30746594159861667472011-10-01T10:09:40.065-07:002011-10-01T10:09:40.065-07:00Caccat: Again with talking about colored people. C...Caccat: Again with talking about colored people. Can't we move past this term and all its forms?<br /><br />Rob said: "And that ignores the whole point of affirmation action, which is to compensate for the past effects of racism."<br /><br />Actually, it has nothing to do with this. There is no consideration in affirmative action for the past effects of racism. It is an explicitly racist system that punishes people based on skin color alone. Not any past racism.<br /><br />This is why the children of Lee Iacocca, whose white ancestors arrived penniless after the end of slavery, get punished in such a system, while the privileged children of Barack Obama, whose black ancestor arrived rather recently, get even more a boost.<br /><br />The only just solution is to abolish all such racist policies.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-33815893067986222242011-09-30T16:55:21.017-07:002011-09-30T16:55:21.017-07:00Oh jeez, here all this time I've been paying m...Oh jeez, here all this time I've been paying my own tuition, tsk tsk.<br /><br />Obviously veiled prejudice, and an insult to minority students. Those tacky feathers look terrible too, but what would you expect from the ignorant?Navajo Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-16706057221081130752011-09-30T05:25:46.728-07:002011-09-30T05:25:46.728-07:00College republicans have been hosting these events...College republicans have been hosting these events for years. My campus had one back in 2007. <br /><br />What irks me is that they have the concept backwards. In an affirmative action sale, shouldn't the cookies representing the peole of color be worth MORE than the white people cookies???csccathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086267403885905754noreply@blogger.com