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fed_up_mother Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 06:54 PM
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6. Why isn't affirmative action discrimination against whites or men or whomever? :)
Edited on Wed Feb-25-09 06:59 PM by fed_up_mother
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Well, because it's remedying a wrong committed against a group. Obviously. (Short answer.) But my point is that sometimes a minority of individuals may possess a "right" that the larger group doesn't possess, and it isn't discrimination, per se. Not the best example, but I hope you get my point. Why do a small group of folks get the choice parking spots? And on and on. Exceptions for small groups of individuals - if for a valid reason - doesn't constitute discrimination against the larger group, imo.

Most folks can welcome their relatives from other countries here in the states for a visit, but Cubans can't generally do that, so an exception has been made to allow Cuban Americans to go back to Cuba.

By the way, I think the embargo should have ended a LONG time ago. :)
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