Originally Posted by
ImperialxRat
It seems to me that as long as we have BET (Black Entertainment Television), scholarships targeted specifically for minorities, and load of other affirmative action crap, that racism will never really be able to fade from us.
Could you imagine if a station starting airing all white TV shows, called WET (White Entertainment Television). Or if there were scholarships that you could only apply to if you were Caucasian.
Most qualified candidate should always be the choice. I wouldn't want a female doctor operating on me who ranked 5th in her class, simply because they had to fill a quota and hire a woman. Or any other race / gender / nationality.
I'm really tired so this may not be as coherent as it could be.
Thats a typical argument about the WET vs BET thing. ihear it all the time but there are some things you dont understand about that argument. I agree the name I dont like, but BET plays videos that MTV or VH1 NEVER Play. So, if I want to hear these particular artists, where would I go if there wasnt a BET?
Affirmative Action is needed because the plying field is not even. You have tolook at families histories. there are a lot of intelligent people inthe ghetto. But due to their situation which is no fault of their own (Its ancestrial) they are stuck in a situation wher ethey cannot succeed. So, scholorship are designed to help them if they make the grade. You hae to have waled inthe shoes to understand. But I understand why a lot of white males dont agree with affirmative action. But a lot of them really dont understand the issue. they just see the surface and outside. they really havet gottendeep into it.