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. 

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"The notion is cute and novel, no doubt. But there's are white people sitting in offices knowing full well they are unworthy of their positions and no one is discussing that."

"Just take a look at the president."

Whether or not he is good at running the office is redundant.  If he got elected, he gets the job, period.

"My implication isn't that blacks need special treatment."

Yes it is.

"It's that if there's going to be unchecked discrimination in this country, then for anyone to be truly equal- whites are going to have to be victims of that too."

Thus, you are saying that black people are unable to be equal without institutionalized reverse discrimination to help them out.

"Blacks and others minorities are victims of it because of instances in history and perpetuating cultural memes."

If someone doesn't perform well in the modern world, it is more often than not due to their own decisions.

"As a part of dismantling white privilege; whites have to be included in that."

There is no such thing as 'white privilege'.

"People have been pushing the 'equality/love your neighbor' stuff for ages and if you take a good look at the sentiments and statistics you'll realize that it's not working."

'Working'? Oh, I guess equality before the law and having a colorblind government doesn't 'work' for you.