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• Tuesday, August 26, 2008 11:50 AM

  The ironic part: white women are the biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action

  That's the ironic part of all this stupid, griping for no reason.

  But people like our friend buck here and geraldine ferraro are either too stupid or too dishonest to admit that.

  Notice that despite all of the charges leveled against Obama by many of these older white women (stupid, empty suit, fake) rarely if ever is he called "The affirmative action candidate."

  Why? Easy because they know losing this would hurt them MORE than it would African-Americans. Hence it's never even mentioned.

  But most white women, and I'm sure most of these PUMAs, know good and well they not African-Americans are the largest beneficiaries of affirmative action.

  Yet it is always put forth as only a racial issue. I don't hear buck over here complaining about how white women in his law school class scored. But I heard him complaining, right away about how blacks scored.

  All of these pushes for pay equality, getting women in the sciences, making sure girls have a fair shot at mathematics, taking back some of the sexist notions of those in power (Larry Summmers) about what girls can and can't do?

  Gone without affirmative action. Yesterday. People really need to research what affirmative action ACTUALLY IS not just their perceived notion of it. It would hurt across a much broader range of the spectrum than most people think.

  And the largest group effected (in terms of representation, salary, position, as well as what fields they could even GO INTO in terms of what to study) would be white women.

  No affirmative action, you're waving goodbye to white women in any number of areas and positions. And you're probably seeing another drop in commensurate pay.

  —libertyson Read libertyson's other letters
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