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> [Blacks] have been subjected to centuries of disadvantage. What
> you are saying is like telling a person who is in a race, where their
> oponent was given a 10 yard head-start, that its now time for everything
> to be equal. Dont forget that there was a United White Persons College
> Fund and affirmative action for whites for years. Its just now that
> blacks and other minorities are getting a chance.Things wont be "equal" until we get everyone in the race up
> to the same place. Then we can ignor color and treat everyone the same.
>  
>                      Andy Bindman

You know, there are a lot more Asians in the "hard sciences" that
either Whites or other minorities.  I think we should make laws
to prefer non-Asians to Asians in mathematics, genetics, and
computer science jobs.  Until the non-Asians are up with the
Asians.  And then we can call it "Affirmative Action" so that
it sounds like a good thing to do.

But did you know that Affirmative Action doesn't help poor Blacks?
It helps middle- and upper-class Blacks, but not the poor.
Yet another well-intended government program goes awry.
-- 
Gordon A. Moffett		...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam