No one escapes!
Some folks would probably find Oliver Willis's position more reasonable than mine. Somewhat, anyway.
That said, I don't claim to speak for all black people (I tend to have opinions contrary to the majority of african-americans to tell the truth) but we get angry when affirmative action is thrown in our faces because of the subtle implication that we didn't work as hard for it. Again, I'm not saying the system is perfect - far from it - but you would think listening to the commentary of the (mostly white, I must admit) folks opposed to affirmative action that college degrees and other social accolades were just being larded wholesale onto the black community without regard to merit. Even if affirmative action helps a black kid to get into college, it's not like he can just sit back in his dorm room and do diddly squat for four years. We have to study and bust ass and do work just like every other student, sometimes (as my mother often said) we have to work harder because of the high hurdles that are often placed in front of us in subtle and blatant incidents.
That's why we get pissed off, and I think it's quite warranted to tell the truth.
As usual with blogs, the comments are as interesting as the post, which is why this post was made.
Posted by P6 at October 3, 2003 12:30 PM
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