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<blockquote data-quote="coolwater" data-source="post: 174872" data-attributes="member: 3229"><p>just wondering what all feel about affirmative action.heres my take on it.and ill start with a little back ground.one of my grandmothers lived on reservation in oklahoma.another grandmother was indian too she just didnt live on a reservation.i hear all this talk about affirmative action.kids from elementry school through college according to their race can recieve lower test scores and still pass the same test as their fellow students have test score higher.some races can reieve a job or win a bid on a contracts in the name of affirmative action simply because of their race.the way i see it is if you allow affirmative action to be used to get lower test scores and pass or to gain employment you are the first person to disscriminate you.by using affirmative action youre basicly saying "im a certain race and im ignorant and cant do any better so just give it to me."as i said at the beginning i have a lot of native american heritage and if someone had told me were going to let your kids score less on these test because of their race i would have been very offended and probably come unwound.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coolwater, post: 174872, member: 3229"] just wondering what all feel about affirmative action.heres my take on it.and ill start with a little back ground.one of my grandmothers lived on reservation in oklahoma.another grandmother was indian too she just didnt live on a reservation.i hear all this talk about affirmative action.kids from elementry school through college according to their race can recieve lower test scores and still pass the same test as their fellow students have test score higher.some races can reieve a job or win a bid on a contracts in the name of affirmative action simply because of their race.the way i see it is if you allow affirmative action to be used to get lower test scores and pass or to gain employment you are the first person to disscriminate you.by using affirmative action youre basicly saying "im a certain race and im ignorant and cant do any better so just give it to me."as i said at the beginning i have a lot of native american heritage and if someone had told me were going to let your kids score less on these test because of their race i would have been very offended and probably come unwound. [/QUOTE]
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