Exactly. Doesn't this system basically say to minorities "You are not as smart as white people, so we will hold you to a lower standard." And isn't that the exact opposite message that needs to be communicated? Also there are different implementations of affirmative action. There are quotas but there are also "uneven standards". I think it is fine to have a quota as a goal, and to undertake to achieve that goal through expanded recruitment and ways of helping minorities prepare to succeed. However, if you simply have a lower standard based on race, that is just discrimination, that's all it is. Pure racism. Should be totally completely banned as the racism it is.

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1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
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