# Supreme court mixed decision on Affirmative Action

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 23, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-mixed-decision-on-affirmative-action/183794 "2003-06-23T16:11:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Riboflavin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Riboflavin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riboflavin)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-mixed-decision-on-affirmative-action/183794/81 "2003-06-26T15:19:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by scotandrsn \*  
> Affirmative Action will be unnecessary when all colors can be sure that their genetic make-up is not being used as an excuse to hold them back.

So what you’re saying is that you support institutionalized racism against whites until such time as institutionalized racism against whites stops? I mean, in all of these debates I have yet to see someone actualy produce any evidence that blacks or other minorities are being discriminated against on the basis of race, while we’ve got a supreme court case stating that discrimination against whites on the basis of race is fine as long as you’re careful about the phrasing.

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> Consideration of race would be unnecessary if we could be sure that non-whites were guaranteed the same primary and secondary educational opportunies as whites across the board. Then, college populations would statistically reflect general population percentages.

So, is what you’re saying that as there are a higher percentage of rich whites than rich blacks, middle and lower class whites should be discriminated against?

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**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-mixed-decision-on-affirmative-action/183794/82 "2003-06-26T17:22:00Z")

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Why, absolutely! After all, it is 100% virtuous to attack and hate bubbas. Indeed, they exist specifically to be kicked around. It’s never bad to hurt the bubbas.

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