[Tripper]

Originally Posted by Bleuachdu

Neither did I. Neither did my parents. Neither did their parent's before them. Saying that things like Affirmative Action are to "make up" for what white people have historically done to minorities is a crock.

We often forget that Segregation lasted up until the 60s. Most of us weren't around back then (myself included) but we've go to realize that was only 40 years ago. 40 years ago, most of us wouldn't have went to school with minorities at all. In the grand scheme, thats not very long at all.

Programs like Affirmative Action are necessary for that reason. Once you young bucks(like I'm old and mature biggrin: ) get out into the real world and realize how "white" everything is, you'll start to understand more. When I was in High School, I was sooooo against Affirmative Action. But now that I've been in the job market for some time and made some real world observations, I think its fair.

This is what I was trying to say. It was ONLY 40 years ago that Black people were being openly mistreated. The people that fought that, mostly black students.....(SNCC, etc) are only coming into their 60's now. They are the influence of the youth at the moment, and for the last few decades, so you can imagine what they think of society.....