[Robert B.]

Wow! When it comes to affirmative action, emotions run high on both sides. It seems to me that when people respond to this issue, neither side seems to be trying to put themselves in another person’s place. Both sides tend to use phrases like ‘all blacks,’ ‘all whites,’ ‘you all,’ etc. If you’re white, try to think from the perspective of growing up black in an inner-city black neighborhood: Imagine being forced to go to a dangerous school, which offers an inferior education and still managing to get a decent SAT score, but being denied admission to a college because the score wasn’t as high as that of a student who lived in a wealthy, white district and had access to expensive SAT courses, etc. I think this could justify some bitterness. Also, imagine if your speech and dress pattern were interpreted as ‘ghetto’ by potential employers and seen as a sign of inferior intelligence or integrity, rather than simply different from the ‘white’ style. On the flip side, if you’re black, imagine being Asian and being a first generation American whose parents came from another country and speak little or no english, came to the U.S. with little or no money, struggle to support their children in a new country. Now imagine if, despite working hard and having many disadvantages (parents who don’t speak english, socioeconomic status, racism), you managed to perform well in high school and get a great SAT score, but then can’t get into a select college because your race is considered a ‘priveleged’ minority. Basically, in my opinion, many of these issues are more complicated than a lot of people are suggesting, and I think people should keep trying to have dialogues with each other to learn both sides of the issue.

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Name : Robert B., Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Episcopalian, Age : 26, City : Houston, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : Med Student, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,