[Onelifetogive]

Some Republicans now say that affirmative action is here to stay, so the best we can do is to "contain" it. That means limiting affirmative action to blacks and American Indians.

Wouldn't it be better to extend affirmative action to everyone. (i.e. Affirmative Action is SO GREAT, we won't deny it to anyone. Everyone who applies to college gets 10 bonus points. Everyone who applies for a job gets 10 bonus points.)

[mrustow]

How can you universalize a preferential program?

[FITZ]

Wouldn't it be better to extend affirmative action to everyone.

Good idea --- it's so great EVERYONE should have some --- even whites.

It's one thing though to justify Affirmative Action because a group faced discrimination for decades in the past --- but to then give it to people who barely stepped foot in this country is completely absurd. Why in some town in Kansas are there no Mexican presidents of banks when there were no Mexicans period 30 years ago there? Now the minute they arrive they expect complete equality in everything.