Only one-quarter of Americans say minority representation in higher education would decline without affirmative action

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Only one-quarter of Americans say minority representation in higher education would decline without affirmative action

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Re: Only one-quarter of Americans say minority representation in higher education would decline without affirmative action

On May 2, 2009 Anonymous says:

There is only one way to find out. If you eliminate the question on the entrance applications and examinations, you will know the answer. The greater the stress on diversity, the less chance of determining when equality is achieved. I have more respect for minority groups that offer monitary and emotional support to their own than I do those that stress forced diversity. I do not believe that true equality can ever be achieved by discriminating for or against any particular group. If we continue on our current path, we are trying to solve our problem by imposing more of the same problem. Racism against whites is as intolerable as it is against any other group. Yet, there are those that still want to force the round peg in the square hole. They look for inequality and in doing so they find it. When will the words of Dr. King be relevant?

Re: Only one-quarter of Americans say minority representation in higher education would decline without affirmative action

On July 30, 2009 Anonymous says:

I see the subject of racism every day in many forms and from all walks of life. I think Ralphie Mae said it best when he said he can not stand "blank-Americans". And I agree with that whole heartedly. It is one thing to chrish your heritage and pay homage to your ancestors, but to insist on being called anything but AMERICAN is just ludacris. Hispanic-American, Asian-American, African-American. Any form of Blank-American is just segregation in the new Milennia. Segregation was wrong then and its wrong now. The only way we will acheive the abolishment of racism is to abolish the groups that promote it. NAACP stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Shouldn't it be the NAAAP? the National Association for the Advancement of All People? Why does it have to be defined by race or color? Why can't we all just be Americans? Why can't we all just be people? Why does it have to be Blank-Americans or Colored People? Can anyone answer this question?