Affirmative Action on a College Basketball Team.
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Thought the video was going to be funny, but then I realized that the video creator doesn't actually understand the origins of affirmative action and it became him trying to make a connection that isn't there.
The connection is so obvious that I question your response in the other thread about having a high IQ and a 4.0, if you really can't see it.
The students responded by saying "Athletics should be based on skill"; why should it be any different for college & work? Answer: it shouldn't.
the origins of AA and where it is today are 2 totally diff topics.
there is no need for AA in todays realm. if it still needs to be practiced, then it should be practiced for all peoples in all situations including the basketball team
there is no need for AA in todays realm. if it still needs to be practiced, then it should be practiced for all peoples in all situations including the basketball team
Do you have any idea how affirmative action is applied in law & medical school? Because they're are white students are a more qualified that are getting the shaft.
What a bunch of stupid Liberal Larvae he interviewed...
The answer is about the source of the funding... No, AA isn't right for anything, including athletics. It's not right but the basketball teams wouldn't exist if they applied AA to them.
The answer is about the source of the funding... No, AA isn't right for anything, including athletics. It's not right but the basketball teams wouldn't exist if they applied AA to them.
I don't agree with AA, but I thought most people were aware that it's designed to correct for past inequities. White people were never slaves who were denied playing basketball. Hence, making the comparison for anything other than humor is idiotic. There are way better arguments against AA than something as overly simple as this.
none of the black people on current basketball teams were ever slaves and their parents/grandparents werent either, bro ^^
pretty sure it was abolished with the 13th amend. in 1865
pretty sure it was abolished with the 13th amend. in 1865
You're joking right?
Regardless...
I'm in no ways a fan of AA but I do think the comparison the video makes is extremely weak. For shiggles I'll throw out two devil's advocate points:
1. AA is meant to correct institutional racism. For example a white manager doesn't give a job to a black because he don't feel a black worker has the same "work ethic" as a white, there was no overt racism but the perception that blacks are lazy has been institutionalized into the collective psyche. Similarly a white law school admissions officer might have the same perception of a black student. AA is intended to negate the results of these perceptions.
But when it comes to college athletics the coaches, scouts and athletic directors are mostly white, if this institutional racism existed we would see a lot white basketball teams running around, we don't... AA as a correction to institutional racism doesn't work in this scenario.
2. AA is meant as a path to upward social mobility. If college is the answer to how to get ahead in life (and regardless of you opinion on college this is still "conventional wisdom") then AA should ensure that blacks have an equal shot at the benefits a college degree provides. Playing left tackle in NCAA football doesn't confer the same difference in opportunity that is attributed to degree holders vs. high school graduates, therefore, there is no need to force "equality" into athletics because not playing college ball doesn't hinder your overall life's trajectory. (note: if you're good enough to play pro, the scouts/coaches WILL find you and play you)
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I'm so sick of liberals and their fucking white guilt.
"UUHHH HURR I FEEL LIKE ATHLETICS ARE DIFFERENT"
It's OK to fuck an Asian, Jew, or white out of his career in order to promote a black but it's not OK to fuck a black out of his career to promote a white, Jew, or Asian?
I hate this country so much.
"UUHHH HURR I FEEL LIKE ATHLETICS ARE DIFFERENT"
It's OK to fuck an Asian, Jew, or white out of his career in order to promote a black but it's not OK to fuck a black out of his career to promote a white, Jew, or Asian?
I hate this country so much.
Indians, Asians, and other types of blacks like Jamaicans and Haitians are somehow able to come to American and do very well. Yet...the poor black Americans just cant get a leg up because of all the darn racism. Lol. Even many of the Mexicans that literally come over here with nothing end up doing well for themselves...yet that darn racism just keeps holding the american black down.
Also, just a little side note in case you don't know but many non-american blacks very much dislike american blacks.
I'm not getting why Crynos is attracting so much hate in this thread.
He disagrees with AA.
A lot of you guys are also against AA.
Crynos commented about the original purpose of AA, not whether he agreed with its validity, nor what it has since evolved into. Based on that origin, and assuming the interviewer is aware of it, the interviewer must be trolling.
Either that, or he is ignorant.
From Crynos:
Case in point: recognizing the above does not mean I am for affirmative action. If anything, it only means I can spot a troll (the interviewer), and still laugh at the foolishness and ignorance of voters (the students and possibly, the interviewer).
He disagrees with AA.
A lot of you guys are also against AA.
Crynos commented about the original purpose of AA, not whether he agreed with its validity, nor what it has since evolved into. Based on that origin, and assuming the interviewer is aware of it, the interviewer must be trolling.
Either that, or he is ignorant.
From Crynos:
From wiki:
Case in point: recognizing the above does not mean I am for affirmative action. If anything, it only means I can spot a troll (the interviewer), and still laugh at the foolishness and ignorance of voters (the students and possibly, the interviewer).
^^ agree that the video interviewer is trolling. I thought Crynos was originally right too, but once he connected slavery to basketball he got thrown into the troll camp too 