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..Obama was a Lecturer which is below an associate professor or even an "adjunct professor"
so if you denied being say "stupid" that means you are?
or do you mean that someone who denies that racism exists is a racist?
racism is all over the place
affirmative action is a form of racism
disregard it all you like, but its highly relevant.
or do you actually believe that the Harvard Law Review allows poor-performers and ignoramuses to be their President?
The latter.
What is the definition of "racism"?
...What is the definition of "racism"?
semantics. he taught Law for 12 years at the University of Chicago Law School.
did they let him teach for 12 years because he was darker than a brown paper bag?
...I said he would not have been accepted into harvard law if he had been white since his grades were way below what white males who were normally rejected at a rate of 95% had (under 3.7)
he filled a quota and had been the first black president of the HLR.
you don't know and you make pronouncements that it exists?
racism is the idea that one race is smarter or better in some way than another race..or that another race is inferior.
affirmative action made no such claims, therefore it was not racist.
was it discriminatory? that's a different story.
OK now you're just trolling. I ask again? What is the definition of racism?
Pretty much. Affirmative action--boy, that's a tough one. I understand what it's trying to do, but aren't there better ways of going at it? But is our White-dominated society (and I'm very sorry to those who deny that fact, but even as a White person, I have no qualms coming clean about this), is it ready for those better ways?
affirmative action is racist from two different perspectives
the first perspective is that punishing more qualified white, jewish or asian applicants because at one time blacks were oppressed is racist because people are being punished or rewarded based on their race rather whether or not they victimized or were once victims of past racial discrimination
more insidious AA is racist because its underlying premise is that blacks are not capable of making normal standards for acceptance into elite schools or competitive jobs without lowering their standards. that is the real racism of affirmative action and the stigma it imposes.
Actually that is not true. Affirmative action's goal is to increase the probability of racial minorities gaining access to educational and employment opportunities that their White counterparts are assumed to have greater access to due solely to their race.
FWIW, I never actually said that Affirmative Action is a good thing. I'm just debating with you guys on what its purpoted goal is.
this isn't another thread for people to whine about the rich in
In conclusion, some people can't handle a black man in the white house.
The only whiner I see is YOU,
President Obama would have to rate as one of the smartest people I have ever known, he was at least smart enough to surround his self with people who knew how to run a campaign, a smart person knows that they do not have to know every thing they just have to know where to get the knowledge they need to make the best decision
In my not so humble opinion President Obama has one glaring weakness he is way to willing to compromise, the republicans have seen this and use it to thier advantage, I hope after he takes both houses back and is re-elected in 2012 he becomes less willing to compromise with the party on NO
Your certainty is unmoving.I am sure that there are some people who don't like a black being in office but I am sure that was more than balanced out by people who voted for Obama merely because he is black
Is this the "one black friend" theory? Nice move...or not.and to claim opposition to him has as a major factor, his skin color is without much merit. furthermore many of those who oppose Obama support Herman Caine or love
quoting Dr Walter Williams.
Really, where did you get that? My comments about racism only stem from people who think he could only get into Harvard because he's black, continue to pull up whatever article they can find that insults his intelligence and work ethic and conclude that black people are inherently less intelligent than whites (which Riverdad did). I don't recall my comments being associated with criticisms of his policies. Remember, it's YOU who brought up race for no reason.You seem to think that if he was white, people like me who despise welfare socialism and expanding government would embrace this man.
I have no idea if he was the brightest - never claimed that he was. I do think you have a problem with a black man being in office since you seem far too eager to pull him down in spite of all his accomplishments. You call it like you see it, I call it like I see it.what many people reject are the specious claims that Obama is the brightest president to every occupy the Oval office when there are people who had stronger academic records (Bush I was in the top three of his class at Yale, Nixon at Duke Law, and Clinton a Rhodes Scholar) or far greater accomplishments in their lives before they became President (Bush I again comes to mind)
Certainly smart enough to convince people he was competent initially in 2008.President Obama would have to rate as one of the smartest people I have ever known, he was at least smart enough to surround his self with people who knew how to run a campaign, a smart person knows that they do not have to know every thing they just have to know where to get the knowledge they need to make the best decision.
He did no compromising at all when he had Democratic majority's in the Congress; the new reality now that Congress is split between Republicans and Democrats is he is FORCED to compromise. He's got no choice in the matter.In my not so humble opinion President Obama has one glaring weakness he is way to willing to compromise, the republicans have seen this and use it to thier advantage, I hope after he takes both houses back and is re-elected in 2012 he becomes less willing to compromise with the party on NO
I think I've already said that's my position. Is it your position that no white man in the history of Harvard Law has entered with a gpa of 3.3 or below? (If yes, please cite your source. Also, I'm still waiting for testimonies from the dept. of admissions.)so it is your position that Obama would have been accepted at Harvard law with grades that were several deviations below what 95% of black males were turned down with
What you say has no effect on my opinion. I think you have a problem with a black man in office. Some Republicans just have issues with his policies, others have issues with his race and his policies - I think you fall into the latter category.His race has nothing to do with my opposition. My view on welfare socialism has been consistent since I joined this board-2 years before anyone even gave Obama a second thought for the presidency and a year before most people had ever heard of that clown
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