It is not the name calling (the political correctness) that is the problem. That is like looking at the paint job on a car and saying it's a crappy car.
It is the motivation behind such use of words, the generalizations, the labeling, the hate, fear, distrust. I'm finding myself, at least at this moment, not all that interested in participating. This thread is bouncing all over the place, with everyone trying to swing at a variety of poorly lobbed balls of hate/fear.
This thread began with the post about test that was thrown away because all the courts in the land agreed it was an unfair test. From there, standing on top of that broken pedestal, Gizmo argued against affirmative action. This discussion continued when Gizmo demonstrated incorrect knowledge on gangs and their racial makeup. A great ball of argument was lost there when the reports provided clearly indicated there were plenty of caucasions (a majority, in some regions) involved in gangs, and this could have well been followed up by comparing economic disparities within the various regions, as well as the racial percentages.
Instead, that ball was dropped, and the argument took a turn for the worse. Now it was black against white, where arguments were concocted, claiming caucasians are being denied opportunities because of affirmative action. There is not one shred of evidence to support this claim, and yet that is the argument I hear so many times by caucasions, most often racists, when they discuss affirmative action.
The initial article served only one purpose, and that was to feed the false claim now being argued by the OP. Even after the article was debunked, the claim continues, further demonstrating how the goal of this argument doesn't require supporting evidence. As such, it is, in no uncertain terms, a belief. And now that we have determined Gizmo is spouting his belief, we can address the belief.
Gizmo, Racism, prejudism, and favoritism still very much exists. Jews were (and still are in many places) disliked because they favor each other, helping each other over helping someone else. This is in the make-up of early tribal survival, and the Judean religion is very much a tribal religion.
Now, i bring this up because racist caucasians behave in very much the same way, in that they will hire a white man over a latino, asian, indian, or black. As well, a racist latino would hire a latino over other races, and so on. The problem, however, is not as much in the tribal behavior, as it is in the dominating race oppressing the other races.
In the U.S., and other countries, there is a problem whereby the dominant race holds all the cards. They run almost all the major corporations, hold almost all the high ranking positions, dictate most of the economic opportunities, and secure most of the higher education seats. In the U.S., the dominant race is caucasian. In the U.S., it is the caucasian that is the tribal bully, the king of the mountain, the one who dictates to all the other races just how things are going to work.
Affirmative Action is a drop in the bucket in the vast ocean of legal seaweed for the dominant race. When it comes to such things, in the vast majority of cases, the dominant race wins out, despite the laws in place.
No, Gizmo, Affirmative Action is not very effective in the legal system. Its power lies elsewhere, in the minds of the people. Martin Luther King demonstrated that it is not the power that dictates, but the people, and in as much it is the people that need to bring change to the world, to change the laws, change the wills, and eventually change the mindsets of those too afraid.
There are a thousand fields of opportunity and a hundred hands to till them. The fear is unwarranted, because there is plenty of opportunity for everyone. One is not denied for lack of opportunity, one is denied for fear. And as such, with all the issues presented, all the arguments sounded, the voices are still buffered by the failure to listen, for fear dictates the hand, which holds the fields in a coveting embrace.
It is racism, prejudism, fear that is at the core of the problem here. Fear to share, and fear that it will not be shared. Anger is a byproduct of fear; hatred, a byproduct of anger. The other races will not take away your rights, they will not take away your opportunities, they will not take away your privileges. They're too busy trying to obtain the rights, opportunities, and privileges they are so vehemenently denied.
