An Analogy

[keilexandra]

If affirmative action is a band-aid over a bleeding wound, then the collateral casualties (whites and often Asians) must be the nerve cells of the healthy skin around the wound. Is it important to staunch the bleeding before healing can begin? YES.

But I refuse to believe that the bleeding requires a band-aid to be continually ripped off and replaced, when a piece of gauze and an Ace bandage would suffice.

Comments

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

soooo am I reading you right? you are saying that the people hired by affirmative action are by and large less qualified than white men?

[keilexandra]

Nope. SOME people hired by affirmative action are less qualified than their counterparts (white men, to simplify things). Is this a majority? Well, I hope not, but I don't really care. I consider things on the individual level--so even if the majority of the people hired are MORE qualified, it is still an unfair distinction to make because not ALL women/minorities/etc. had access to less opportunities than ALL white men.

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

not ALL women/minorities/etc. had access to less opportunities than ALL white men.

nope. just the majority of them.