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Should we keep Affirmative Action around just in case?

Researchers say that in the next 20-50 years that the white race as we know it today will disappear. Some also say that whites will be a minority in the U.S. within the next 20 years or there about. Hispanics and Blacks and a mixture of the three major U.S. ethnicities will take over as a majority. Should we keep AA around just in case caucasians need the policy to help ensure equal opportunity? Wouldn't that be fair, after all?

Update:

Those of you who chose to debate the worthiness of the policy without really knowing what it's intent were, are, of course, off base. Merit doesn't withstand bigotry, racism, and just plain inability to change. For many years, Whites who occupied nearly all management positions in this country when the program was instituted did not consider the merit of the people Affirmative Action protected. They considered the color of their skin and hired accordingly. Notorious is so far, the only person that understands the history of the policy and why it might not ever be necessary again.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    AA is meant for those who don't come from a strong financial background as well as those who have to deal with inherent disadvantages within the system, even if Whites are a minority, they'll probably, as a whole, still be better off than most other groups except Asians if education within the U.S. isn't radically augmented

  • 1 decade ago

    I co-sign with Notorious. The thing that gets me is that people hear Affirm. Action and automatically think African-Americans. AA was put in place to help people of all races with a disadvantage. It could mean single parents or products of single unit homes, disabled or handicapped persons, orphans, etc. If everyone can one day be presented with the same opportunities, then the need for AA will be no more.

  • 1 decade ago

    Affirmative Action isn't just about race or gender. It also helps disabled Americans. Getting rid of it now would put them back in the same situation they were in before.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I still am a firm believer in merit-based hiring, even if I am part of a minority in x decades.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Affirmative Actions should of never existed to begin with. Completely unnecessary and ended up screwing over a lot of more qualified applicants.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    That should have been dropped long ago. Caused more problems than it solved. Should be employed by merit/experience, nothing else.

  • 1 decade ago

    Nope, since the HISTORICAL election of Obama is proof that we have finally achieved racial equality, that clause should be taken out it.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes.

    What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

  • 1 decade ago

    Hell no. It hasn't done a damn bit of good.

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