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Old 11-27-2014, 11:50 PM
 
Location: Chesterfield,Virginia
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Affirmative action can only be supported by reason when you start with a false premise. Many reasonable people draw false conclusions based on limited knowledge of the facts. Once presented with the logical inconsistencies of affirmative action, then we are only left with emotion as a guiding force for those beliefs.
^^^^^^^^^^^WHAT HE SAID!^^^^^^^^^^^
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Old 11-28-2014, 07:12 AM
 
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If we really want to show our commitment to Aff Action, especially when it comes to different standards and set asides, it needs to be forced on medical/advanced medical schools and commercial airline pilot training facilities
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Old 11-28-2014, 07:30 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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This thread proves part of the reason AA is still needed. Everyone here jumped on the race portion of AA. But minorities are not the core group help by AA. It's white women.

Sally Kohn: Affirmative Action Helps White Women More Than Others | TIME.com

But do we see thread after thread about how white women have it too easy, and don't have to work for their education, and are just given jobs they are not qualified to do?
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