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<blockquote data-quote="LEE" data-source="post: 2141645" data-attributes="member: 213525">we have the upper hand, how so?&nbsp; Let&#039;s say for the sake of argument that affirmative action does require schools and businesses to hire 13% minorities.&nbsp; Who do you think represents the other 87 percent?&nbsp; And out of that 13% half will be white women, who by law, are considered a minority.&nbsp; There are more white women attending college than anyone else, yet some of you all still complain about AA being unfair when it has clearly helped more whites than it has blacks.&nbsp; As far as scholarships go, most of them are given to whites.&nbsp; One, because you all go to better schools which prepare you for college. And two because no one is coming into the inner city to give a black person a scholarship unless it&#039;s for sports.&nbsp; They&#039;ll give an athlete a $40,000 education because he&#039;s going to earn them about $4,000,000 in ticket sales.&nbsp; More than that if you consider all the royalties they receive from merchandise sales. We don&#039;t have to try anymore?&nbsp; Are you kidding me?&nbsp; We have to try twice as hard just to prove ourselves to the rest of you that we didn&#039;t succeed solely because of Affirmative Action.&nbsp; It&#039;s white people who have jobs waiting for them because daddy knows someone in ABC corporation.&nbsp; But you asked for examples of how racism still exists against blacks...here&#039;s a few: A person with a &quot;black sounding&quot; name is 50% less likely to get called for an interview than a person with a &quot;white sounding&quot; name.A black person with the same education and experience as a white person will be paid 25% less.A black person with no criminal record is less likely to find a job than a white person who has a criminal record.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LEE, post: 2141645, member: 213525"] we have the upper hand, how so? Let's say for the sake of argument that affirmative action does require schools and businesses to hire 13% minorities. Who do you think represents the other 87 percent? And out of that 13% half will be white women, who by law, are considered a minority. There are more white women attending college than anyone else, yet some of you all still complain about AA being unfair when it has clearly helped more whites than it has blacks. As far as scholarships go, most of them are given to whites. One, because you all go to better schools which prepare you for college. And two because no one is coming into the inner city to give a black person a scholarship unless it's for sports. They'll give an athlete a $40,000 education because he's going to earn them about $4,000,000 in ticket sales. More than that if you consider all the royalties they receive from merchandise sales. We don't have to try anymore? Are you kidding me? We have to try twice as hard just to prove ourselves to the rest of you that we didn't succeed solely because of Affirmative Action. It's white people who have jobs waiting for them because daddy knows someone in ABC corporation. But you asked for examples of how racism still exists against blacks...here's a few: A person with a "black sounding" name is 50% less likely to get called for an interview than a person with a "white sounding" name. A black person with the same education and experience as a white person will be paid 25% less. A black person with no criminal record is less likely to find a job than a white person who has a criminal record. [/QUOTE]

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