Affirmative Action Banned!

My state (Michigan) has wisely followed in the foosteps of California and banned racist/sexist affirmative action programs in Michigan, that would have discriminated against people based on nothing but their gender or the color of their skin, all in the name of promoting equality.  

It passed by a pretty wide margin 58% - 42% of the vote.. or, another way of looking at it: 

2,137,574  ---  YES on stopping AA
1,552,459  ---  NO on stopping AA

Hopefully this'll spread like wildfire throughout the rest of the states. 

>>101

Know what, kid? I really don't care if you think it's "unfair". The position minorities are in this country isn't exactly "fair". The private sector exploiting society isn't "fair". Life isn't "fair".

But empowering the weak and exploited, comes first for any fully ethical and objective society- insuring that 'poor environment/government' is no longer the excuse for the lack of sucess for a large part our population should come first. At the end of the day this effects a minority of the white population and businessness owned by whites who practice and even worse- instituationalize descrimination and racism. As far as I'm concerned the end justifies the means by far.

I'm sorry that this isn't Lord of the Rings, ya weeatard. This is reality.
 
Do you really think the end of the race problem in this country is by consistant reminder to be nice to your fellow man? Do you really think simple "enforcement" with NO concrete and effective policies in place are going to heal racial disparity? It didn't work post-Civil War, didn't work during Jim Crow...the government has to step in and decide if it wants to control the fate of it's own and uphold it's own beliefs or just let "the free market" handle it.

You achieve equality in a multi-cultural democratic-capitalist society by insuring that not only equality and justice reigns supreme, but by also insuring that if any instance of discrimination remains prevalant in society- then at the very least everyone will be discriminated against equally.