the u.s. supreme court could soon gut affirmative action

toptrool · 2012-10-09T22:56:23+00:00

although this case primarily focuses on college admissions and racial preferences, a precedent ruling against affirmative action could help fight back against gender preferences as well -- including outside of colleges and universities.

dumbguyscene28 · 2012-10-09T23:09:32+00:00

Here's an interesting article discussing affirmative action in college admissions describing the experience of the UC Campuses after affirmative action was rolled back:

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/the-painful-truth-about-affirmative-action/263122/

Turns out, it was better for everyone, AND kept a secret because it was so politically incorrect to discuss it.

NPR also discusses this today

http://www.npr.org/2012/10/09/162565642/at-u-of-texas-a-melting-pot-not-fully-blended

Collective82 · 2012-10-10T02:01:21+00:00

Hell after this ruling it could make it legal to sue for gender discrimination in the positive for men.

Sporkboy · 2012-10-10T00:26:44+00:00

It will absolutely not happen. Affirmative action is part of the American political system, academia, and all of the "feel good" social movements.

I would love for this to happen, but it won't.

dumbguyscene28 · 2012-10-10T05:11:14+00:00

Well let's hope this shit happens, because I think we've reached a time where shit like race shouldn't matter, and affirmative-action programs are really just preventing people from being the best them they can be.

heracleides · 2012-10-10T05:53:25+00:00

End racism? I doubt it. It's their trump card whenever they need something to do or when they need to draw attention away from how they're looting the nation.

Stephen_Morgan · 2012-10-10T17:49:19+00:00

Hoist by her own petard. Of course while the poor position of black people has normally been used to implement these things it's always been white women who have been the main beneficiaries. White women are now dominant in higher education and among the younger entrants into the professions, even black women are doing better than black men, but black people are still ata disadvantage.

TheRealPariah · 2012-10-10T03:07:14+00:00

Right when males and whites may prospectively benefit. Big surprise.

darkgatherer · 2012-10-10T03:32:38+00:00

Affirmative action helps black men as well and is meant to rectify the fact that we have had hundreds of years of wages stolen and thus we received no advancement for our work and not received any wealth passed down. while everyone else received the benefits of the work of their ancestors, black people had their opportunities stolen.

I certainly don't think there should be any affirmative action for white women (who have been the primary beneficiaries) but there has to be some remedy for the theft of wealth, either affirmative action or reparations.

I'm starting to believe this sub should be called r/whitemensrights, which would just make it r/ronpaul. If you believe in equality then you shouldn't believe in saying "tough luck" to generations of black people who were robbed of everything they worked for. If you have a problem with affirmative action because you think it denies opportunities to qualified people, then fine, just fight for reparations instead but one way or another that wealth is going to be gotten back.

Title	the u.s. supreme court could soon gut affirmative action
Author	toptrool
Upvotes	47
Comments	26
Date	October 9, 2012 10:55 PM UTC (13 years ago)
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