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Old 10-08-2012, 03:11 PM   #563
BigV
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Happy Monkey rebuts the assertion that the time has come to end affirmative action. And he does so succinctly and brilliantly. Wow.

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey View Post
The mantra against affirmative action is "equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome".

But if you don't get equality in outcome, then there are two choices:
1) There was not equality in opportunity
2) One group is inherently inferior

I don't believe 2), so I'll support affirmative action until we've had a few generations of equality in outcome.
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