I am against affirmative action except for blacks whose ancestors were actually slaves. Why should hispanics get AA? Italians didnt get it. Irish didnt get it. They are no differant than any other new immigrant group, and in fact they have been in this country for a long time. They dont deserve the extra help - the only people who do are people who are in a worse postion not because of their own actions, but beacuse of others. I.e. victims of slavery. Blacks who came from Africa recently, like Obama's dad for instance, werent oppressed in the same way, and many are non-american born. So someone who was born in 1986 and came from Nigeria when they were 2, and are now in college, why should they get AA ? They werent discriminated against, their ancestors werent slaves. The problem is that 2/3 of all Black AA admits are not the children of slaves, which is a shame because that 1/3 should be the only group of people that AA applies to.
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