Seventy-Five Years Ago Today

[merrylander]

Lets see, 75 years ago today I was looking toward my 5th birthday and starting school.

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

The biggest failing of affirmative action has been to create a perception that every minority wins a job because of race rather than merit.

I never though of that. Excellent job.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Lets see, 75 years ago today I was looking toward my 5th birthday and starting school.

That means you've got a milestone birthday coming up soon. We'll have to celebrate!

There used to be an old radio show which "transitioned to early TV called "Life Begins At 80". Remember that one, Rob?

John

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by d-ray657 The biggest failing of affirmative action has been to create a perception that every minority wins a job because of race rather than merit.

Originally Posted by noonereal

I never though of that. Excellent job.

And it has created a new "class" of racists, those who feel they've been personally victimized by minorities who were preferred over them for employment - regardless of the actual reason for it.

John

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by Boreas

That means you've got a milestone birthday coming up soon. We'll have to celebrate!

There used to be an old radio show which "transitioned to early TV called "Life Begins At 80". Remember that one, Rob?

John

80, that helps explain why he knows so much

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Originally Posted by d-ray657 The biggest failing of affirmative action has been to create a perception that every minority wins a job because of race rather than merit.



And it has created a new "class" of racists, those who feel they've been personally victimized by minorities who were preferred over them for employment - regardless of the actual reason for it.

John

well to be fair they were gonna find a reason to hate regardless

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Originally Posted by d-ray657 The biggest failing of affirmative action has been to create a perception that every minority wins a job because of race rather than merit.



And it has created a new "class" of racists, those who feel they've been personally victimized by minorities who were preferred over them for employment - regardless of the actual reason for it.

John

Oh, God am I getting tired of the "victimized white folk" trend that's been creeping into public conscience in recent years. That has got to be the most pathetic argument yet. The same people who claim to be outraged at those who accuse THEM of racism (All too often rightfully so, and you know it.) accusing others of "reverse racism". Maybe it's just Karma coming back around, asshole?

Let me stop there, 'cuz I'm getting wound up.

Dave

[Combwork]

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we are not talking about apologizing, we are speking about placing blacks in position that are not subordinate in he movies.

"we all" do not now think about arabs as "them"
honestly, this is a bit shocking

them, good grief

"We all" noonereal? You're misquoting my friend and more to the point, missing the point. In talking about "them" I was talking about maybe a couple of generations down the line people seeing individuals rather than groups. The problem is that for every Martin Luther King there's a Bobby Seale; for every Mahatma Ghandy a Bin Laden. Who will be remembered? Everyone knows of Martin Luther King; how many people know of Bobby Seale?

[noonereal]

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Originally Posted by Combwork

"We all" noonereal? You're misquoting my friend

"Will our children's children look back at "the way we now" think about Arabs"

let me correct it "we" all

my post stands

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

..... That would turn those "contributions" into the most regressive tax increase in history.

Regards,

D-Ray

Isn't that what it really is? Because they used it as a general tax. Now I have to pay twice. And the current party in power is going to raise my retirement age from 67 to 69. It started at 65.

Pete