[Oblivion437]

That's what we would call bad reception to good logic. King was a visionary. He belonged to a school of thought shared by such men as Jesus, Ghandi and that Buddha fellow. Real good men at heart, whose messages and names have been misused and twisted. But for the real point: Why not eliminate all racial exclusivism? Or better yet, let people decide who they'll divvy their money out to the public? It's a private fund, after all. Now, some say Affirmative action as a means to support those from rough backgrounds: Your heart is in the right place, and so is your head, but your wallet has been relocated! The system more often supports those who don't need it. The slum child with a 4.0 is an incredible rarity, and one we should seek out. My thing with college is, even if the 2.3% or whatever (I know it's an incredibly small minority) of black people in the upper class schools got displaced because, on their requirements alone, they couldn't get admitted, so what? A system that rewards thrift over birth produces better results anyways. If he got turned down out of requirements, instead of because of the fact that he wasn't white, or because he came from a certain part of the country, as I see it nothing has gone wrong here.

[ 02-29-2004, 04:05 PM: Message edited by: Oblivion437 ]