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From: daly@nybcb.UUCP (daly)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.flame
Subject: Re: White greed
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Date: Thu, 14-Feb-85 14:33:08 EST
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>>Please explain to me why *I* should be penalized for something my *ancestors*
>>did? Yes, whites in America did something most people consider wrong, years
>>ago. {...several arguments against affirmative action plans...}
>>

>    There are many problems with America's programs to help disadvantaged
>    people. Intelligent debate is precisely what we need to create fair
>    and effective solutions to the social and economic problems facing
>    this country.
>
>    But this will never happen as long as our white population refuses
>    to face a very basic fact, namely:
>
>	White people are enjoying an inheritance that was STOLEN by
>	300 years of slavery and 100 years of legal and social prejudice.
>
>    Until white people recognize that they are simply being asked to
>    share their ill-gotten gains, there will be little room for intelligent
>    debate about anything.
>
>-michael

   WRONG!!!!!
   Not all white Americans have benefited from slavery. 
   I haven't received any inheritance from anyone, nor do I see how I have 
   benefited from slavery. My ancestors came from Ireland in the early 1900's. 
   They did not benefit from slavery either. So much for your simple fact &
   your "inteligent debate".
                                             seismo!cmcl2!nybcb!daly