Thursday, August 11, 2011

Do you support affirmative action for Irish since they experienced discrimination in last century?

No. And your question trivializes the nature and extent of discrimination against and segregation of African Americans in our nation's history--right up to the middle of the 20th century. Lots of groups experienced discrimination--but none were treated, literally, as property and none were subjected to the same Jim Crow laws and overt segregation in jobs, housing, employment, and community life that African Americans were until very recently. This long history of discrimination has had lasting effects on African American families and communities, which affirmative action is, in part, intended to compensate for.

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