Ugh! When are these idiots going to learn that affirmative action has been a bad idea since the movie Black Hawk Down? And if there are any liberal morons reading this who want to call me a racist for not supporting affirmative action, I say, go to hell! It’s complete BS. Racism is defined in the dictionary as being biased towards an individual BASED ON SKIN COLOR. Affirmative action allows people to get things like high profile jobs and college scholarships BASED ON A CERTAIN SKIN COLOR…Yeah. If you can’t make the connection, then…you might want to apply for affirmative action.

OH i should have Mentioned the PILOTS and the BRASS that gave the Orders were The worst, And MOST never seen the results of there work CLOSE UP. ITS called if you dont SEE it dont bother you.WONDER how many PILOTS and the Brass have PTS.

AA is out dated. BUT the Lower standards are still in Place. MILITARY, POLICE and FIREDEPTS.
BUT you also have to look at the Production standards, WHAT they were 50 years ago and WHAT they are TODAY.
THE playing Field is more EQUAL today.
BUT now we have the Mexican Population, WE graduate students from Hi-school cannot speak english, Cannot even read a Tape Measure,ETC.All the things needed for a better and Higher Education.
BUT the standards are still LOwer, Even for the Whites and other Races. BUT the number one LEARNING People in this Country IS NOT THE WHITES, The ASIANS,ARABS,INDIANS, Etc are much more Education PRONE, On the Average Asians Learn English in 1-3 Years, ALSO most WORK at any job they can get. The Asian Women are even more Driven then the Men.
THE WHITES use to be like this, some still are. What sets People apart IS what they DO to make things better for themselves and Family.
AND all SFs and military People ARE not Baby Killers and Rapist. AND MOST also Never Killed UNARMED Men and WOMEN. THO you had a few that did Break these Rules for What. HATE-GLORY-MEDALS- And then just a few SICK ONES BUT they got away with it and were Not PUNISHED like they should have Been. The FEW insulted the MANY.

I personally try to be nice to everyone regardless, but there are some absolutes that we have to admit, everyone does not have the same abilities in every area, example some people are not mechanical inclined,some people cannot sing well,etc, we have to have a fair way to choose who is the most qualified, in my opinion AA is keeping things messed up by trying to bypass this principle, less do away with this and use a merit system so we do not unfairly treat either race.

Affirmative Action was so no one would be discriminated against, but it, like so many other things have been abused and twisted that it is unrecognizable. Why is it okay to discriminate against whites but not anyone else? The other day on the radio the guy says the hispanic is a majority-minority. There is no such a thing. Either you are in the majority or you are in the minority but you can’t be both. Read and it will explain some about affirmative action. http://www.now.org/nnt/08-95/affirmhs.html Just do a search.

I pray to God that students, today, no matter what race, can apply, be accepted in colleges until there is no room at the Inn. We need to get past the era of racism, and it was happening, until Obama Administration instigated still more racial crisis. Shame on them!

Affirmative Action does not allow unqualified students to gain access to higher education at the expense of more qualified applicants. The students admitted under the program are still bright, well-qualified applicants eager to further their education at top schools.

What Affirmative Action does do is help create a stronger student body (and thus a superior learning experience) by helping to create a more well-rounded learning environment.

We White people are to blame for the existence of the program in the first place. After Emancipation, White people, rather than welcoming the newly-freed slaves into their schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces, used laws and mob rule to protect White privilege.

Affirmative Action is only a small remedy for centuries of White hate and our refusal to “grow up” and join the real world. Any way you cut it, we White people are History’s most hateful and oppressive people.

AA is just a political tool to use in any way that is useful to the one using it. In my many years of observing AA it is more times used as reversed discrimination than for any other reason. Gets the FEDs foot in door a lot easier…Into your private life…

The University I graduated from decided at the onset of affirmative action that they would accept kids only on academics. The NAACP fought this decision, however, the school held their ground saying that although the thought is nice, if they can’t cut it, too bad and both the school and the kid will have wasted their time. The school refused to lower their standards. A great number of minorities attend and all are quite welcome and only the best get through.

Affirmative action is just the cover wording for discrimination. There will never be respect for those who must use this form of discrimination to make-up for their lack of diligence or ability. Equality demands equality. When I look at those whom I know are the work of affirmative action, I know they are not qualified–they are frauds, liars, cheats who had to use a bastardazied system invented by liberals who by nature are devoid of ethics, morals, or any standards of decency. Respect must be earned. Even the heavy handed-ness of the criminals in government cannot force those of us who work for our rewards to provide respect for those who only usurp unearned “entitlements” to which they are not entitled at all.

DI-versity, (meaning divide), has no place in a UNI-versity, (meaning unite).

Affirmative action is a load of crap! Students, just like police and firemen, should be chosen and promoted based on academic achievements, not the color of their skin! That law was only meant to oppress those who are achievers based on some bogus claim of “fairness”! That’s what the liberals believe, and it’s a bunch of garbage!

To undue affirmative action, the Supreme Court will have to overrule its own Judge Made laws, which, in and of themselves, violate the express terms of the US Constitution. Query, who in their right mind would find that the guarantee against discrimination based on race, color, or religion was not intended to apply to Caucasians or Christians? Yet, this is the current status of the ruling of the US Supreme Court. Perhaps this is why the Constitution set up a system for enacting laws – with checks and balances – and did not delegate such authority to the courts, with no Veto, or check and balances of their decisions. 9 people with absolute authority passing laws fundamentally changing the USA, and discriminating against a large segment of its population is totalitarianism, not a Constitutional Republic!

It’s been 50 years; two generations is enough; abolish Affirmative Action, NOW.

For the utopian crowd (amazingly quiet for the moment), if you want a challenge, get in touch with a former member of Special Forces, and ask what happened to that great unit when A A played hell with their ability to get the best of the best. I repeat, utopians, this is the REAL world. La La land is for dreamers and children – NOT adults.

Affirmative action, while nice in theory is flawed in reality. In the 60′s when blacks were being discriminated against for jobs and school, yes it helped many get an education or a career. Today it is not necessary, Most blacks have the avantage going for job interviews if they’re just as qualified, and have more programs, grants and scholarships than whites. No its outdated and needs to be reviewed.

I was a trained ASE auto tech ,F/Gm,Dlr Tech & N Vet, I applied for a City Auto Mech. Job with 110%qualified for the job ,and AA card came in to play they got a untrained employee as well.. Needless to say I’ll never apply for another Job
.the competitions rules of engagement blind sides us all , Game over.

That is one thing about America that is brilliant and each and every American has the right to challange the way we do business. We have rights that few countries have and it sometimes gets messy sorting those rights out but I wouldn’t want it any other way. There is nothing wrong with a black student or a white student taking on the establishment to secure their equal footing within our laws. Their is nothing wrong with a gay person wanting equal rights. Their is nothing wrong with a women wanting to be treated the same and being payed the same for doing the same work. A Muslim should be able to pray as they choose and so should a Christian. Affirmative action for persons with a disabilities is crucial so they can get out and achieve the same thing others do. In the long run that makes them less of a burden on society. If we treated everyone equally to begin with there wouldn’t have been a necessity for any Affirmative Action. Is the pendulum swinging back to smooth out the wrinkles of over reaching ? Maybe so and yes it is important that one persons rights doesn’t trample on another . I say hooray for Abigail Fisher if she is being discriminated against and hopefully justice for her will also prevail. We are a land of Liberty and Freedom for all whether for Ms Fisher or the nine Little Rock school children.

Just wait until the homosexual agenda reaches minority status which is what their ultimate goal is. Then you will have to allow admittance by your sexual preference. How do you prove that? Time to do away with affirmative action on any level. Make the playing field level for all. Imagine the outcry if we started a United White Peoples College Fund.

I’d like to see affirmative act disappear, it offers reverse discrimination and over time is counter productive and a point of consternation.

It’s human nature at work.

If you want to run your cafe with a bunch of pretty fat gals, you only need to hire “one” and place her in the position to hire and fire.

If you want to run your bank with pretty black girls, just hire “one” and place her in the position to hire and fire.

I didn’t write this rule, it’s just the way the world seems to work.

As long as AA is kept in place it will continue to be a harbinger of misdeeds. It no longer is necessary – let kids get the best grades they can muster and in so doing see if they can be accepted here, there or wherever they apply. If they make it, great, if they don’t, give another college a shot. Have we forgot how much Federal funding is tied to AA? Colleges/Universities don’t, get it?

Until this great nation can make decisions and progress as one nation of Americans instead of allowing politicians to divide us into groups based on the color of our skin, the origins of our ancestors, our income or any other difference we will never achieve unity. To exclude any individual or group of individuals because they are white, or black is racist. The affirmative action program promotes racism by requiring a quota based on race.

I am ethnically mixed and I am opposed to “affirmative action” for one simple reason. It doesn’t work. It is well intensioned but dosen’t work the way it was meant to making it utterly unfair. If and ONLY IF all the factors can be fairly evaluated and they ALL come back even across the board then I would support it because I beleive any minority in a group has the ability to advance the group as a whole. That also stands for a white person applying to Howard or Alcorn State.

Affirmative action (an asinine term) amounts to blatant reverse discrimination. If a responsible, non-governmental agency could accurately determine each ethnic group’s correct representation on any given day [good luck], perhaps this wouldn’t be a issue. But even THAT assumes that a member of any given ethnic group is academically well-qualified as opposed to merely ‘ready’ to go to school.
As it is, “A A” renders instant, protected status to any ethnic group that wants to equate ‘fairness’ with reality. The original decision was probably reached on a day when the entire Supreme Court had a blend of a bad hair day with group insanity – or worse. Did those S C members get on the court via a pass-fail system or popularity contests?
There are better ways to approach school admissions. To equate good intentions with constitutionality based on ‘aw shucks’ makes a joke of the Supreme Court. Either a student is qualified to be selected or that student is NOT.
Since when is mediocrity an effective recommendation? Some students MUST be superior to others.
WHY is it necessary for a review committee to speak directly with a student? If students are equal when it comes to grades, let a selection committee interview a student
WITHOUT seeing that student. REMOVE the ‘aw shucks’ ploy, and let those wannabe student ‘chips’ fall where they may. This is the real world, not a fricking utopia. Social promotion (a form of affirmative action) is worthless in seeing to it that America gets graduates who have earned their education. Don’t we already have enough ‘graduates’ who can’t read or write or think? People, we’re talking about colleges and universities – NOT high school.