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Affirmative Action and Laissez-Faire Racism

According to Walter Allen, affirmative action is an equal opportunity program that was widely implemented from 1965 to 1994. The program was designed to assist minorities and women in educational and career opportunities. Although the affirmative action program is primarily associated with the black community, it has been white females who have benefited most from the program noting significant gains in all areas of education, employment, and contracting.^[13] Affirmative action has come under intense scrutiny for the past decade by those who don’t see a need for the program, often calling it reverse racism, that seeks to punish white people for the crimes of their ancestors. The color-blind ideals would make affirmative action unnecessary because it is based on the idea that we live in a society where race is neither acknowledged nor important. Color-blind enthusiasts often use the idea of meritocracy to oppose affirmative action programs. However, according to Dei, these ideas fail to accept the long history of racism that has left its imprint on the lives and opportunities of minorities in the United States. Many people who express the laissez-faire attitude towards racism oppose affirmative action; on the grounds it highlights racial differences in society when we should focus on making America more colorblind. These people assert that they believe in equal rights for minorities, but frown upon minorities who use these programs to get ahead.^[14]

1. ^ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/affirmative-action/
2. ^ Walter R. Allen, Robert Teranishi, Gniesha Dinwiddie and Gloria Gonzalez. The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 69, No. 1/2, Knocking at Freedom's Door: Race, Equity, and Affirmative Action in U.S. Higher Education (Winter - Spring, 2000), pp. 3-11.

GOP Laissez Faire - Let Them Eat Cake

Submitted by reader on Thu, 2011-10-13 23:07

The Republicans believe President Obama, regulation and taxation are the devils which have brought our economy to its knees.   They want all three out of the picture.  The modern Laissez Faire, let business be business and the economy will recover on its' own.  Stop the taxation and regulation of business and get out of the way of a successful economy. Even though the facts, let me reiterate, THE FACTS do not show this to be true. Years and years of excellent economies under the same situations say so.
Unregulated business is why we have $3 plus gasoline.  Middlemen in the futures market gamble their money against their rich middlemen competitors and drive the prices above what they would be if delivered directly from source to market.  They never actually take possession of these commodities, modify or improve them.  They only gamble on the price to rise, which is inherent when any middleman comes into play, gambling against the other guy.  This is the reason, after the last collapse in the economy, the Dodd Frank Bill was passed.  To protect us from the same situations which caused the financial collapse.  Unfortunately the Laissez Faire Republicans have been blocking the appointment of the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Until someone is appointed, the agency is weak and ineffective.  We need this protection.
Here is a link to the brief version of the legislation which is law now . 
I urge you to read this document.  It is for the protection of all of us.  I urge you to contact our Senators and Congressional Representatives and let them know you want this bill enacted and a director confirmed.
The Republicans are letting the economy stagnate, rather than do something now to help the many U.S. citizens who have been hurt in the collapse. They feel confident the dumb public will not see it is just an effort to stop the re-election of President Obama, since their class of candidates is a bunch of lame idiots (with the exception of Congressman Paul).
They are all but saying out loud, "Let them eat cake".  I think every one of them should be recalled from congress, evicted from their government offices and run out of town on a splintered rail, and their Democratic partners/sympathizers with them.

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