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1StrongBlackMan

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6. While I agree with everything you have written ...

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 02:48 PM

Feb 2015

I think the demand for the release of President Obama's transcripts goes back to that birther crap. I seem to recall some RW chatter that his transcripts would "verify" that President Obama was born in Kenya and that he was listed as a "foreign" student when he attended Occident College.

But that said, many (on the right and left) have a misunderstanding of what Affirmative Action does and it can be seen in their "merit" argument. Affirmative Action merely gets its beneficiaries in the game ... it does not/cannot determine whether one succeeds or not.

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Some assorted thoughts on affirmative action, racist double standards, and "merit"... [View all] YoungDemCA Feb 2015 OP

I just want to kick this JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 #1

Aww YoungDemCA Feb 2015 #2

I co-sign completely. YoungDemCA has definitely impressed the hell out of me lately Number23 Feb 2015 #3

... YoungDemCA Feb 2015 #5

No other president has ever released theirs nor were they asked. There is no reason for Obama Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #4

While I agree with everything you have written ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #6

Many of these problems are because of "prespective." Behind the Aegis Feb 2015 #7

Very well said! JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 #8

Excellent post. kwassa Feb 2015 #9