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--- Quote from: Trauma on November 18, 2003, 09:24:10 PM ---Read history.  Slavery was abolished by a republican.  


The abolishment policies were about treating people EQUALLY.

Affirmative action, championed by democrats, is about treating minorities different, because of their skin color.  


Republicans have always been the traditional party fighting for EQUAL rights for all people.  Democrats have always been the party fighting for discrimination based on skin color.  Any way you look at it, this is true.  

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It doesnt matter who abolished slavery. That wasnt my point. Reread the post.

Affirmative Action is ALSO about people being treated EQUALLY. With one difference. Its used ALONGside the understanding...that PEOPLE make racist/prejudice decisions. If that wasnt the case, then something like Affirmative Action wouldnt be needed. But in your view, minorities MUST be weaker then white males...or else they'd be in a majority of the decision making roles in the country. There is no way to stop racist thinking, and not a real way to guarentee that they wont hire based on race...so something must be put in place, to make things level. If youve ever wondered why some on here call u racist, its because of arguments like these that you put yourself in. If we had equal education for minorities, and equal opportunity to succeed in this country..and some sort of computer that had absolutely no biasness about it, doing all of the hiring and decision making...then no, minorities and women would not need help. But, in your eyes...its ok to expect several groups of people (black, hispanic, asian, native american, female...etc) to work much harder to gain the same success as ONE group of people (white males), which JUST so happens to be the group that YOU belong too...what a coincidence. lol

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