Affirmative Action programs: Good or Bad?

[GAsux]

Have you ever had a shitty boyfriend/girlfriend that you knew wasnt great for you? You know, the type you know you could do better than? But you stay with them, thinking it's better than nothing so you'll keep it until something better comes along? But than nothing better ever really comes along because as long as you have a bf/gf your not going to meet/get a better one?

That's sort of the argument your making. My point is, you don't have to have one or the other. Why not find a program that DOES work better and DOES meet all those societal needs rather than hanging on to a process that doesn't do much good and is admittedly flawed, just because it's "better than nothing".

You're never going to get that working system as long as you keep being satisfied with the current crutch.


**EDIT** Also, you're right. It is niave to think that eliminating race from legislation will eliminate from the minds of men. I'm not sure who's arguing that. I said there is no place for it in law because according to the constitution and various pieces of subsequent legislation, laws should be created with equality in mind and not racial, ethnic, religious, gender, sexuality classifications in mind. As a result, racism is SOCIETY's problem to fix, not the GOVERNMENTS. Until society takes ownership of the problem, government legisation will never be anything more than a band aid.