[Evolon]

At first, I didnt even want to respond to this topic since it is such a hotly discussed one, and so emotionally driven… But i now feel the need to throw my theory into the ring… The whole ‘reverse discrimination’ issue is very similar to the ‘man holding me down’ mentality that you see in some black people… it stems from an external locus of control… if the white person applies for the job, is interviewed, and is not hired because the job was earned a black person, the ‘reverse discrimination’ issue is thrown in because that person had no other reason for not getting the job… the black person could be more, less, or equally as qualified, and it wouldnt matter… just as with the ‘man holding me down’ mentality… the person has run out of excuses… they dont have any other reason to explain what happened, so they put it off on someone else… in those cases it will never be that they just didnt get the job, or they just didnt do well… it will always be that someone is out to get them, whether it is ‘the man’ or ‘affirmative action’, someone is trying to keep them from getting what they want… the truth is, its hard for a black person to get the respect and opportunities that they have done so much to earn… this i speak from personally… i just recently finished my first degree in Kinesiology, and i still dont think that ive earned the respect of my classmates, peers, or instructors… theres never a worse feeling than getting a college degree, and knowing that it wont be enough to help you to live comfortably… in so many cases we have to go over and above what our counterparts do just to get the same recognition… discrimination exists, on both sides of the fence… but the key to fighting it is to not let it stop you… you must be aggressive in your stand against those that intend to hold you back, and persistent in the achievement of your goals… it is only in that way that this whole issue will cease to exists, because at that point, it will no longer matter if ‘the man’ or ‘affirmative action’ is trying to hold you back, because it wont be possible anymore…

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Name : Evolon, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower class, 

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