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Subject: Re: Discrimination and Affirmative Action
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Date: Wed, 5-Jun-85 09:51:10 EDT
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Richard Carnes on AA:
> Nothing
> is more powerful than an idea whose time has come because it serves
> the self-interest of powerful people; and nothing mobilizes stronger
> ideological opposition than an idea that threatens the privileged
> position of the powerful, such as the well-off white males whose
> interests the Reagan Administration looks after.

     I'll probably regret asking this, but just *how* does AA threaten
the privileged position of powerful well-off white males?  I thought 
the only people it *might* threaten were poor out-of-work white males.
-- 
Jeff Sonntag
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