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Originally Posted by valo403
I'll bite. You're telling me that programs that reduce the massive advantage that white males have to just an advantage is a problem? White males aren't disadvantaged from most affirmative action like programs, they're simply no longer advantaged to the degree they've become accustomed.
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I take issue with any type of quota system or tokenism. When you are talking about a zero-sum game (and many things fall into this category, jobs, college spaces etc.) then an advantage conveyed to someone - through a quota, diversity requirement, or even a simple desire to appear pro-diversity - is discrimination against someone else. Let people compete on merit... that's what equality means to me. No affirmative action required.
Furthermore, implementing this type of affirmative action implicitly reinforces the notion that minority groups cannot compete on a merit basis, which is an effect detrimental to the minority group.