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. 

>>94
"People are trying to work, but companies keep on hiring whites even though there are equally meritable people of other races around."

And if they had better services to offer than their competition, they would very likely be hired. 

"You're either with or against, I'm afraid. If you feel that you have no moral duty to empower those you exploit, then, in this case I'm afraid you aren't for equality, democracy, freedom or fairness."

I fail to see how being an advocate of racial or sexual discrimination makes you 'fair'.

"Your belief in Capitalism has left you with a crippled morality."

My morality is not only logical, it is consistent.  Thus, it is strong.

"If effect, if you allow yourself to have advantage, when you know it's based on race, then you ARE the exploiter and you must be stopped."

I don't think I have an advantage because I'm white.  In fact, before the affirmative action ban, quite the opposite was true.  I was at a *disadvantage* because I was white, due to racist practices involving applicants at various state-run universities in MI.  The passage of prop.2, the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, which ended affirmative action, simply takes race out of the picture.