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Old Nov 27, 2006, 10:51 pm   #33 (permalink) (top)
Cephus
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Specifically regarding affirmative action, you aren't really going to tell me that racism doesn't have an effect on people's financial situation, are you?
Not as much as some would like to think. Everyone has the opportunity to get an education, they just have to take responsibility for themselves actually learning anything. But this really has very little to do with race, but social standing. The ghettos have poor blacks, whites, hispanics and asians, it isn't the color of their skin but the lack of money in their pockets that causes them problems.

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Have you heard of the law in Arizona that forces all forms of public communication and education in english, while at the same time taking away all funding for the ESL programs?
Which, of course, is a lie. It simply requires that all official state business be conducted in English. You cannot vote if you do not speak English, but since a functional understanding of English is required to become a citizen, and only citizens can vote, I fail to see where that's a problem. Public communication can be in any language you'd like, it's an outright lie to suggest otherwise.


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