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Originally Posted by BonnieDundee
The motivation of the aa supporters is to balance the ongoing discrimination against some and there often poorer starting places. In this sense it is not racist it is a balance to discrimination. You can easily imagine a spiral effect, a black parent continually gets past over for jobs and promotion, they get less money, there kids grow up poorer which often means less qualified and they are on top of that discriminated against and the circle goes on.
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Isn't this what State schools are supposed to be for? Also I still don't believe the discrimination is justified. I still maintain that it's racism, but I'll add that the best candidate for the job should always get the job - whether they be black or white (or any other race for that matter). Forcing inferior candidates onto employers through legislation and public policy is disgraceful and unjustifiable.
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Originally Posted by BonnieDundee
To call attempts to break this circle, which I too think are generally misguided in the current way they are carried out, racist is simply empty and misapplied rhetoric, which makes the user look silly.
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It's not rhetoric. Discriminating against someone because of the colour of their skin is the very definition of racism. The victim being white does not excuse such behaviour.