Originally Posted by
T0ribush
Okay, sorry about that, while I'm against AA, I'm not completely against it, I agree it shouldn't be race based at all, but an assessment of living conditions, income and such. I'm also pretty sure modern AA was designed with the Black community in mind and they still need it.
I'm going to ignore the part where you said his grandparents took a bad turn. It's not a "bad turn" to raise kids that become teachers. Being a teacher is a great thing, and they're a necessity to society. They're the human capita of the future, because without education, there isn't future wealth. When teachers aren't compensated well, many go on to be unenthused. They "teach" boring classes (mostly by reading off pre-made powerpoints), they don't invest themselves in kids minds. When kids aren't stimulated to learn, they often don't. Then, when they aren't educated, they can't find work at high paying jobs. The cycle continues. One of the biggest reasons the poor stay poor, is because poor people are forced into going to public schools with very poor state funding, where they get shit teachers, and end up becoming nothing but the next generation of lower class.
What you said in bold, I agree with. I disagree with AA, if it needs to exist, it needs to be NEED based not race based.
What you said in italics, disagrees with your own point. AA DOESN'T NEED TO KEEP AFRICAN AMERICANS SPECIFICALLY IN MIND. That racist generalization is non-applicable in 2017. The disadvantaged are who AA need to keep in mind, not the modern African-American community. If you're disadvantaged, and you're African-American; sure reap the benefits of AA. If being African-American caused some sort of disadvantage, then you'll be economically disadvantaged, so AA will cover you. But when it didn't, and it doesn't for many many many families, AA isn't right to apply to you anymore. You can't be an eight year old african american, in the back seat of your dad's lexus, he's a successful stock broker, you're playing Hearthstone on the iPad dad got you for Christmas, then talk about how hard it is to get anywhere as an African American and how you need AA. It's not reasonable.
I'll say it again, so the point isn't lost: I'm not saying that there aren't very real disadvantages to being a minority. I'm saying, that those hinderances aren't anywhere near as large as the hinderance of being underprivileged. Underprivileged people of all colors deserve life, liberty, and a true shot at the pursuit of happiness. If we want to keep AA (which I don't), it needs to be properly modernized for the underprivileged Americans, not blanket application to "minorities".
And I say minorities because as a side-bar, women are considered minorities. Which is ironic, because AA is mostly applied to college acceptance, where:
For 35 years, women have outnumbered men in American colleges. Federal data show that female students became the majority in 1979 and for the past decade have accounted for about 57 percent of enrollment at degree-granting institutions.
So the majority of student's in college, are women. Not men. Men are actually in the minority of college students; however, women are still treated preferentially in college acceptances.