tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post112679760016882702..comments2023-10-24T08:33:10.354-04:00Comments on Reformed Leftist (& Friends): Affirmative ActionPaul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1127308868350366342005-09-21T09:21:00.000-04:002005-09-21T09:21:00.000-04:00Juice: Plenty of "white do-gooders" support AA. I ...Juice: Plenty of "white do-gooders" support AA. I used to be one of those honkies. Now I'm a different honkey. Now I'm a honke that realizes the following facts:<BR/><BR/>1) Two groups of non-whites, Blacks and "Hispanics", lag behind whites in many important indicators of prosperity, such as professional jobs at Ford (and fraction of population with college degree, average income, home ownershipPaul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1126802195534699152005-09-15T12:36:00.000-04:002005-09-15T12:36:00.000-04:00You express the point very well, and with a fairly...You express the point very well, and with a fairly even hand.<BR/><BR/>I would add to your point that the problem lies not at the point of hiring, but at the point of qualifying. If people in minority and low-income neighborhoods had the same access to education and the primary and secondary level that their higher-income peers have, affirmative action would be much less necessary... and not Christina Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12438326948561463881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1126799016307663822005-09-15T11:43:00.000-04:002005-09-15T11:43:00.000-04:00Jerry said:Before AA there were no black engineers...Jerry said:<BR/><BR/>Before AA there were no black engineers or designers at Ford. If you go to Ford of England where there is still no AA the engineers and designers are still all white males at Ford. Before AA blacks were not admitted in any trade unions. I'll be 60 years old Fed. '06 and I lived this. This is not something I heard or read about. Fredrick Douglas said do nothing to the Negro, Nadirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00674871983955369648noreply@blogger.com