do men, who do not believe in white male privilege/entitlement oppose affirmative action?

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27. being one of those men

I have to say that I am split about affirmative action. I am not a strong supporter, but I can see a point to it, so I am not a strong opponent either.

But I will also say that "more qualified" is a judgement call. Ten years ago, in 2003, I was working as a part time janitor when a full time janitorial job opened up where I work. I applied for it, and they hired somebody else. Supposedly he was "more qualified". On paper, he had fifteen years of experience to my three years. Yet in actual practice, he was not a good worker. He was lazy and he stole from the workplace and his wax job on the lobby was a disgrace. In about three months he got fired because he was skipping work every Friday. So "more qualified" is not just a question of what is on paper. Presumably his references checked out too.

To me the problem with affirmative action is that it does NOT end poverty or unemployment. Which basically means that for every black person who gets lifted up by affirmative action, a white person gets bumped down. So we still have 40 million poor people, but now the poor have the same racial mixture as the general population. That is some sort of victory?

I prefer solutions that end poverty for everybody, that will raise up all of the downtrodden, and not "solutions" that will raise up some while pushing others down.

As far as coaches. you sorta have to be kidding me. Coaches and perhaps even assistant coaches are members of the top 1%, and they work in the frigging entertainment industry. Again, I am far more concerned with helping the bottom 20% than I am about who is getting a seat in ultra first class on the gravy train. Far less concerned about Lovey Smith maybe being "stuck" as an $80,000 a year assistant coach than I am about some other guy working as a roofer or breaking his back on the garbage truck. My heart just does not bleed for people making $80,000 (or especially those making much more).