<p>I am sure you know what I meant Bluedevilmike. Their are minority lawyers and doctors and stuff like that. However, please take time to check your surroundings and notice what people usually hold low income jobs. It seems you guys just pick a part of my argument without thinking of what I meant. Their are definitely minority lawyers and doctors e.t.c but there is still a need for more minorities in middle class position. Agreed caucasians are the majority but a society in which people that look different from the majority should hold the worst jobs is wrong.</p>
<p>East Asians weren’t a major part of the civil rights movement. Please if anyone finds anything contrary to this post it. The civil rights movement changed the situation of other minorities the same way that it also improved the plights of minorities not only in the US but in European countries. However, it was mainly an african-American movement that made people aware of societies injustice. Please go to wikipedia (not perfectly accurate) and check civil rights -</p>
<p>[Civil</a> rights movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“Civil rights movement - Wikipedia”>Civil rights movement - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>That isn’t even part of my argument. My main point is that-please read and think carefully- when affirmative action was implemented it wasn’t meant to be detrimental to any race. It was meant to change the status of a african-americans.You mention the chinese exclusion acts and railroad acts. How many asians are direct descendants of people affected by these? Sorry Bluedevilmike but when AA was being implemented the people being considered then were african-americans. No one thought of the side-effects. Now that we are aware of the side effects maybe a better policy could be made to try and improve society without hurting asians but for now this is sadly what we have.</p>
<p>Also, the majority of Asian-Americans are second- or third- generation. At least in my school, 80% of them are second to third and you would be surprised to know that I know 80% of them. My school is not a representative of all schools but it is damn close. </p>
<p>Affirmative action is controversial because it is used at top schools. No one cares if a minority got into some cal state school. They are angry when they see a minority at princeton with a 1300…or so I gather from the majority of the posts I see. I have never met anyone who said that minority got into Ohio state university because he is (insert). Also top schools- i did not form this opinion so don’t attack me- are seen as the gate to success and the opportunity to enter the upper-middle class and hence the anger.</p>
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<li>Mr Payne, you make no mention of why URM scores are not at average. I gave you the reason but you pick your arguments. They are average because of how society is structured.</li>
<li>i did not stereotype races. I live in DC and I have been to many places. This is what I see in American society. When you see a dog you call it a dog. I am angry that society is like this and want a change. I don’t want to see the majority of people in the service industry to be of a particular race. That is a stratified society.</li>
<li>The US isn’t inherent racist. American society is. It is not as bad as before plus please don’t say things have changed perfectly.</li>
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<p>I find you actually silly, because you always pick part of my arguments and comment on it when even a ten year old can understant why I kept the comment. I included the ethnicities and supposedly streotyped them to indicate a stratified society. Also most of your comments don’t have to do with the point I am making.</p>
<p>Not worried though, knowing human being’s you would still come here and look at what I wrote. However if you can’t give a concrete reason for criticising AA except that it is unfair to Asians and Caucasian while glossing over the fact that discrimination was the cause for a need of A then refrain from typing.</p>