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On Fri, 27 Mar 1998 10:22:31 -0600, Tracey <tracey12@swbell.net> wrote:

>Craig, that is such lunacy!  "Racist criteria"???  What a flaming
>liberal!  

You need to find a better retort that "flaming liberal," else I'm going to peg
you as a "twitching reactionary."

>It's so easy for you liberals to use the word "racist"!

In a sense, "grandfather clauses" are racist. They were used for close to a
century in the South to prevent blacks from exercising their right to vote. It
[generally] gives preference to white applicants over otherwise similiarly
qualified minorities.

>To a socialist, everyone must be on the same level. If they are not,
>then the power of government should be brought to bear.  

Everyone must be on the same level if those statements about "equality" in the
Constitution - that you hold so dear - is to mean anything whatsoever.

>Craig, AA is nothing more than racial discrimination because it places
>one or more races above another. 
> AA promotes the ungualified to a position they do not deserve.

I am no supporter of affirmative action as it is now known [i.e. prefferences],
but programs to help impoverished students lovked into the cycle of poverty are
good things.


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