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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Discrimination and AA and Racism
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Date: Sun, 16-Jun-85 16:05:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 16 16:05:00 1985
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>/* brad@looking.UUCP / 12:00 am  Jun 14, 1985 */

> . . .
>Not because you were downtrodden in some time in your life, but simply
>because your skin is black, or you have a double X chromasome.

I don't recall anyone on the net or elsewhere employing such ideas in
defense of AA.  I don't think it helps the discussion to employ such
straw-men.

>Perhaps you are confused because AA does not assert that blacks
>are superior to whites in a physical sense.  Instead it simply
>says they should be treated better by the law, because they should
>be pitied.  A difference perhaps, but an important one?

I believe the main argument of the proponents of AA is that it is
necessary in order to ensure that minorities are proportionately
represented in societies institutions, the lack of which proportionate
representation is essentially due to past discrimination.  They argue,
I believe that this end is important enough so that the governement
may discriminate on racial, sexist, etc. grounds in order to achieve
it.  (Correct me if I'm wrong)

						Mike Sykora