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gollygee

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17. People who aren't qualified for jobs

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 10:14 PM

Mar 2013

seem to blame affirmative action for them not being selected pretty often. I've seen it in my life. If a black person gets the job they wanted, the ASSUME it was because of affirmative action. And there are so many nasty assumptions behind that. Like if a white person and a black person both apply for the job, the white person must be the most qualified and should be hired. A good example of why we need affirmative action, because before it, that's what hiring decisions looked like.

Without affirmative action, we would have (and did have) negative action. "Last Hired, First Fired." It should be called "balancing action" or something, because all it does is hopefully balance the negative, at least somewhat.

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The White Student Suing to Overthrow Affirmative Action Was Too Dumb to Get Into Her Chosen College [View all] DonRedwood Mar 2013 OP

I wonder who's bankrolling her legal team Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #1

I'm not even sure how she can be suing in the first place. DonRedwood Mar 2013 #2

Like the others said, some RW group is trying to make her a political cause celebre... Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #4

I chortled at this paragraph: petronius Mar 2013 #3

She needs to team up with all of those persecuted Christians in Merica. n/t gordianot Mar 2013 #5

White folks just can't catch a break. xfundy Mar 2013 #6

Affirmative action does actually benefit poor whites as well Arcanetrance Mar 2013 #7

And ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2013 #12

Sounds like she's qualified for a job as Sarah Palin's assistant! n/t Unrepentant Fenian Mar 2013 #8

University of Texas already has enough Young Racist Republicans. Hoyt Mar 2013 #9

Thanks for posting Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2013 #10

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2013 #13

When I first read of the Fisher Case ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2013 #11

If the judge sees her report card I bet this gets laughed out of court. Initech Mar 2013 #14

My comment: Quantess Mar 2013 #15

In my not politically correct view affirmitive action is perpetuating racism and should be dropped. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #16

how so? noiretextatique Mar 2013 #25

People who aren't qualified for jobs gollygee Mar 2013 #17

this was a successful rw divide and conquer issue noiretextatique Mar 2013 #27

Stupid fucking bitch. we can do it Mar 2013 #18

How the hell did an idiotic lawsuit like this get as far as the Supreme Court? tularetom Mar 2013 #19

You know how folks on the right like to call more leaning judges "activist judges?" gollygee Mar 2013 #20

Funny, I thought conservatives were against frivolous lawsuits n/t alp227 Mar 2013 #23

She's being bankrolled nicely. jeff47 Mar 2013 #24

I am against affirmative action, but in this case the more qualified students got in... Generation_Why Mar 2013 #21

then you don't understand history ZRT2209 Mar 2013 #31

in my view your view is simplistic and you have not read the relevant scholarship ZRT2209 Mar 2013 #32

So misguided, to see AA as some kind of injustice, rather than an admittedly imperfect attempt nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #22

+1000 can't have ANY white person excluded noiretextatique Mar 2013 #26

Amen - according to some, it is far better that ZRT2209 Mar 2013 #33

Huh so a self entitled moron doesn't realize their stupid. Javaman Mar 2013 #28

how many times are we going to re-try this same case? ZRT2209 Mar 2013 #29

What's Sarah Palin doing now Politicalboi Mar 2013 #30