tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685698485860402737.post7729950364514351574..comments2023-07-03T10:34:14.805-05:00Comments on Zombie Jesus: Black History MonthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685698485860402737.post-22076350753343821792006-07-21T13:38:00.000-05:002006-07-21T13:38:00.000-05:00I'd agree and disagree with Tom. My deviation...I'd agree and disagree with Tom. My deviation comes at the place where the poor white kid is mentioned. Affirmative action was meant for underrepresented groups, not individuals. That is how it was set up, so the poor white kid wasn't taken into account because it was meant to increase diversity by including those groups, not giving an opportunity for specific people. However, I do think affirmative action needs to be looked at again and definitely take class into account. There should be a line where race stops becoming the major factor and class becomes the major factor. Where should it be? I can't tell you. I say let's fix the inequalities in the rest of society that make this sort of thing necessary!Jaesorealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685698485860402737.post-6638826534819803102006-06-24T10:22:00.000-05:002006-06-24T10:22:00.000-05:00With you on all this Ryan.I'm a big affirmativ...With you on all this Ryan.<br><br>I'm a big affirmative action supporter, but I've given some thought to the argument that, say, Colin Powell's son Michael needed less help getting into college than some poor white kid. Still, I think race-based affirmative action has a place in a just culture of reparation, and in building up a black middle class. My thought: EXPAND affirmative action to include poor people, while keeping the strictly racial stuff. Then, poor whites and middle class blacks would be about even in their chances, and America's most destitute population, poor blacks, due to their overlapping position on the ol' Venn diagram, would have a better chance of competing against poor whites and middle class blacks then they do now. <br><br>Then again, this would require talking about class, which scares America way more than race, so it ain't gonna happen. Still, it gives me something to say when angry white men bring up the Colin Powell argument.Tom FitzGeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687530714863185196noreply@blogger.com