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Originally written by Alorael:

—Alorael, who doesn't see what's so racist about Alec's comments. If you're getting C's, whose fault is it really when you don't get into the Ivy League school despite family money?

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Originally written by Alorael:

Jews were never systematically opressed by the United States

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and Judaism is something one chooses for oneself.

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It's also not immediately obvious like dark skin.

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And right now there is really no large category of poor, uneducated Jews. There are poor, uneducated Jews, but they aren't a demographic group of their own.

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Jim Crow laws harmed blacks without really bringing any benefit to whites. Affirmative action, for all the complaints it receives, aids blacks without significantly harming whites.

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Originally written by Custer Custer Revolution:

I said both ought to be decisive factors, and I meant it. The black community is threatened with oblivion due to centuries of mistreatment; treating them as if they are already on an equal footing with the white community is a fast and sweet-tasting road back to the near-slavery they suffered under in the first half of the 20th century.
I'm sorry for the well-off C student who is not going to be able to buy a Camaro to impress his white-trash girlfriend thanks to that goddamn Affirmative Action, I really am. But quite frankly, there are worse problems in the world than the white man's burden.

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