Affirmative Action works. Public opinion polls suggest that most Americans support affirmative
action, especially when the polls avoid an all-or-none choice between
affirmative action as it currently exists and no affirmative action
whatsoever.
Say it loud, "I'm Black and I'm proud!". Obama was the first Black President. And Obama is the first Affirmative Action President.
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/tygrrrr-express/2013/jan/31/barack-obama-still-affirmative-action-president/
Under the Obama watch the economy has contracted, the debt has
skyrocketed, environmental “investments” have gone bankrupt, and
anti-business policies have stifled growth. Americans are being
murdered and kidnapped globally.
Numerous scandals are coupled with the failed policies of the
administration to become the open secrets many dare not utter. The
alleged superior intelligence of Obama and his administration team is
marked by sub-par performance. Let the perpetually outraged left
hyperventilate and scream.
Many of America's "Black Firsts"
were allowed to become "Firsts" because of Affirmative Action. By any
other name, it would be the same. Ability without opportunity is wasted.
It is futile and unproductive to have a talent and never get the
opportunity to use it for the benefit of humanity.
When many
others are as qualified for a coveted position and a Black or other
minority group person is chosen for the position, there is a strong
possibility that Affirmative Action played a part in the selection. That
is nothing to be ashamed of.
Jackie Robinson was the first Black professional major league baseball player. Jackie Robinson was an Affirmative Action Baby.
http://www.jackierobinson.com/
Thurgood Marshall was the first Black
lawyer appointed to be an Associate Justice of the U S Supreme Court.
President Lyndon Baines Johnson made Justice Marshall an Affirmative
Action Baby.
http://www.biography.com/people/thurgood-marshall-9400241
Johnson
claimed that the reason he did not run for another term as President
was because he had lost all of his Southern Support because he appointed
Marshall to the Supreme Court; as the Southern politicians said, "it
was because he put his nigger on the Court".
So, the escalation of the Viet Nam War had nothing to do with Johnson pulling out of the Presidential Race.
Wilt Chamberlain was an Affirmative Action Baby. Chamberlain and Bill Russell were the First Black superstar NBA Basketball players.
http://www.nba.com/history/players/chamberlain_summary.html
Wilt was a pretty good student. He was capable of a gentlemanly "C", as was said about President John F. Kennedy.
I was an Affirmative Action Baby.
Like Wilt, I was capable of a gentlemanly "C", but I got mostly A's and B's.
http://www.powells.com/biblio/9781155406800
I was
the beneficiary of a program designed to redress the effects of past
discrimination. So were Jackie Robinson, Wilt Chamberlain, Constance
Baker Motley, Spottswood Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, Eric Holder, and
President Barack Obama; and so are many Americans of African descent who
were pioneers in their fields.
http://www.understandingprejudice.org/readroom/articles/affirm.htm
Job discrimination is grounded in prejudice and exclusion, whereas
affirmative action is an effort to overcome prejudicial treatment
through inclusion. The most effective way to cure society of
exclusionary practices is to make special efforts at inclusion, which is
exactly what affirmative action does. The logic of affirmative action
is no different than the logic of treating a nutritional deficiency with
vitamin supplements. For a healthy person, high doses of vitamin
supplements may be unnecessary or even harmful, but for a person whose
system is out of balance, supplements are an efficient way to restore
the body's balance.
Some may take umbrage or offense at
my use of the term because it has become so politically charged and may
not be politically correct; however, Affirmative Action works. It is
easier to implement than Reparations.
Affirmative
Action allows America to make a partial down-payment on a debt owed to
the children of the builders of America. To many it is a dirty word or
two, but Reparations would not sound as sweet. Germany paid the Jews;
America paid the Japanese; and America will have to pay the children of
the African slaves who built America's wealth, if Affirmative Action is
abandoned. How else will we make up for past discrimination against
African Americans?
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