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]

Women choosing to go back to work after childbirth is quite useless if there are no jobs for them to be in. As the many women in the United States could have told you at the turn of the 20th century when many women fought to get a college education, but were not allowed to be employed. see When and Where I Enter (http://www.amazon.com/When-Where-Enter-Impact-America/dp/0688146503)


see also: A history of Affrimative Action 1619-2000 (http://books.google.com/books?id=VgMRHB3dvNIC&dq=hartman+who+has+benefited+affirmative+action&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0) and WHo has benefitted from Affirmative Action Employment (http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=49t7-jYfXvsC&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&ots=iJdyil8rE0&sig=2pF8CSSHhDAxgdsCw2zBN09e8_c#PPA77,M1) and Affirmative Action Review:Part 3: Empirical Research on Affirmative Action and Anti-Discrimination (http://womenshistory.about.com/library/etext/gov/bl_gov_aa_03.htm) via:sparkymonster