It's most likely a wrap for Affirmative Action today
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Let me explain 2016 to those that don't follow politics. The Republicans have been waiting and planning for this court for 40 years. So remember in 2016 when they refused to allow Obama to fill a seat?
Yeah, they saw all their plans going down the Tube.
Scalia died and now, Dems could tip the scales to a 5-4 Liberal supreme court for decades. They could lock in the gains of the last 50 years and secure new ones. Republicans panicked. They were going to use any power they had to try to hang on to their plan, but it looked bleak.
Then Republicans started noticing something....
These dumb motherfuckers are about to hand this shit right back to us.... On a silver platter.
They started noticing "Bernie or Bust" "Hillary is a cunt" "Lesser of two evils"
Republicans thought, even with an idiot like Trump, we might be able to pull this out.
What did Trump do then? He put out a list of Justices he would choose from to fill any Supreme Court justices. Gorsuch was on it. Kavanaugh was on it. Coney Barret was on it.
The Republican base said, we'll even vote for this idiot Trump if it means we'll get these justices. The Dem base said they would not be held hostage to vote for someone they don't like just to get justices on the court.
And now here we are.
Yeah, they saw all their plans going down the Tube.
Scalia died and now, Dems could tip the scales to a 5-4 Liberal supreme court for decades. They could lock in the gains of the last 50 years and secure new ones. Republicans panicked. They were going to use any power they had to try to hang on to their plan, but it looked bleak.
Then Republicans started noticing something....
These dumb motherfuckers are about to hand this shit right back to us.... On a silver platter.
They started noticing "Bernie or Bust" "Hillary is a cunt" "Lesser of two evils"
Republicans thought, even with an idiot like Trump, we might be able to pull this out.
What did Trump do then? He put out a list of Justices he would choose from to fill any Supreme Court justices. Gorsuch was on it. Kavanaugh was on it. Coney Barret was on it.
The Republican base said, we'll even vote for this idiot Trump if it means we'll get these justices. The Dem base said they would not be held hostage to vote for someone they don't like just to get justices on the court.
And now here we are.
Affirmative Action is ok as long as you can dribble and shoot the ball into the hoop.
Or run the ball into the end zone.
They struck down the Voting Rights Act and Roe V. Wade.
The clock is ticking down for them to work cases up to SCOTUS for the workplace.
The clock is ticking down for them to work cases up to SCOTUS to reverse Brown V. Board.
The clock is ticking down for them to work cases up to SCOTUS to reverse the Civil Right Bill.
And when they get that all done….
The clock is ticking down for them to work cases up to SCOTUS for the workplace.
The clock is ticking down for them to work cases up to SCOTUS to reverse Brown V. Board.
The clock is ticking down for them to work cases up to SCOTUS to reverse the Civil Right Bill.
And when they get that all done….
I clearly remember the BGOL don't vote crew and Bernie Bros coalitions saying they wouldn't be swayed by dems trying to use the SCOTUS as a boogeyman, that they would never overturm Roe and that the dems needed to stop trying to scare black folks into voting for the lesser of two evils and provide some up front TANGIBLES. That Trump might be bad, that Hillary would be worse, that every year dems say this is the most important election EVER and ignore black folks until they need our votes again, never once taking the GOP to task for blocking everything or considering the dems didn't have enough of a margin to get their agenda passed.
I remember the don't vote crew victory lap taking credit for her loss AND the 3rd party voters who never actually thought Trump had a chance to win saying we shouldnt be mad at them and that the dems should have ran a better candidate. There were maybe two people that I recall saying they wish they had voted differently and if they had it to do over would vote Hillary to avoid Trump.
Even today we have folks on this board who say they are glad Trump got elected, that they like their racism out in the open and/or that Trump was better than Hillary would have been for black folks. That it doesnt matter who is running the government because black folks have and will survive anything.
Then we have the ones who say black folks shouldnt be relying on government but who are the first to post a headline if something unfavorable to black folks happen under dems, but never have smoke for the GOP actually banning our history and blocking progress. They see voting dem as relying on government when it is actually electing a government that won't actively seek to put obstacles in the path of black folks and will generally leave us alone. Yeah there are some racist and corrupt dems, but generally the dem base won't tolerate racist policies and dems 9.5x/10 will still be the better choice since most GOP folks snapped andblost their minds after a black man got elected.
Do an advanced search on here for lesser evil newer than 2016-01-01 and older than 2017-01-01 and then 2017/2018 to see some of the commentary.
This is a comment I seen, throughout all the hardship our people have endured and overcome, this is how a lot of people see us..smh!
Because most Asians come from backgrounds where education is highly valued and sought after. It is a strong value that is instilled in our kids by the parents as a way of bettering yourself. Because of this, many Asian parents push their kids to study hours after hours to score high in their classes and exams like SATs. For many top scoring Asians, anything below straight A’s is unacceptable to their parents. They give up a lot of their 'play time' to study new words and new math concepts. Their parents take on another job to pay for private tutors and private classes. So much is sacrificed by both the child and the parent for the sake of the child's education.
This effort leads to Asians being over represented, in terms of demographics, in top universities and anytime you have an 'inequality of outcome' by race, you are bound to get race grifters complaining about it and wanting to equalize it without considering any of the inconvenient details about why this inequality exists to begin with. To 'correct' for this 'problem' Asians are handicapped in their SAT scores and other methods are used to prevent their admissions. They attribute negative personalities to Asians to suggest why they can get away with it and suggest 'diversity of races' in campus is SO important, racism is accepted as a good way to 'equalize' the 'inequality'.
I find it very interesting how quick many on the LEFT are to defend this practice. It is obviously racism but it doesn't matter because it is racism against a racial group that have very little political value. If racism is wrong, it should be always wrong and never tolerated. But for affirmative action policies? Such strong emotional attachment to the policy. It is almost like they LITERALLY believe black people are LESS than other races. Who are the true racists? I wonder. When you are in a position where you are telling a poor Chinese kid that they can't go to Harvard because too many people 'look like him', you have to realize and accept that YOU are the baddies.
But you can't keep the Asian people down. The higher bar set for Asians makes them stronger and tougher. They build up tenacity and can achieve things other races won't even bother to try. A poor Asian kid might get rejected from top tier schools because of his/her race, but that isn't going to prevent them from succeeding in life. Asians don't need a hand out from White people to succeed. We don't need to demand acceptance into White institutions to get what we need to succeed in life. Because out of all the minorities, Asians are the most FREE people and we have freedom most Black people will never achieve; free from the slave mindset. We don't tell our kids 'you can't' because they are Asian. We don't conjure up hardships endured by our ancestors as an excuse for our current poor behavior. We don't excuse inferiority with 'differences in culture'. We don't use racism as an excuse because it never is. Racism is the norm, to complain about it like a child does NOTHING for you other than make you weaker and unable to confront it later in life. Asians are not burdened with convenient excuses given to them by our political class. And despite the racism implemented to handicap the Asian population, you still have Asians being over represented. This isn't because racism against Asians don't exist. Asians are succeeding to get in regardless of the handicap put on them.
Because most Asians come from backgrounds where education is highly valued and sought after. It is a strong value that is instilled in our kids by the parents as a way of bettering yourself. Because of this, many Asian parents push their kids to study hours after hours to score high in their classes and exams like SATs. For many top scoring Asians, anything below straight A’s is unacceptable to their parents. They give up a lot of their 'play time' to study new words and new math concepts. Their parents take on another job to pay for private tutors and private classes. So much is sacrificed by both the child and the parent for the sake of the child's education.
This effort leads to Asians being over represented, in terms of demographics, in top universities and anytime you have an 'inequality of outcome' by race, you are bound to get race grifters complaining about it and wanting to equalize it without considering any of the inconvenient details about why this inequality exists to begin with. To 'correct' for this 'problem' Asians are handicapped in their SAT scores and other methods are used to prevent their admissions. They attribute negative personalities to Asians to suggest why they can get away with it and suggest 'diversity of races' in campus is SO important, racism is accepted as a good way to 'equalize' the 'inequality'.
I find it very interesting how quick many on the LEFT are to defend this practice. It is obviously racism but it doesn't matter because it is racism against a racial group that have very little political value. If racism is wrong, it should be always wrong and never tolerated. But for affirmative action policies? Such strong emotional attachment to the policy. It is almost like they LITERALLY believe black people are LESS than other races. Who are the true racists? I wonder. When you are in a position where you are telling a poor Chinese kid that they can't go to Harvard because too many people 'look like him', you have to realize and accept that YOU are the baddies.
But you can't keep the Asian people down. The higher bar set for Asians makes them stronger and tougher. They build up tenacity and can achieve things other races won't even bother to try. A poor Asian kid might get rejected from top tier schools because of his/her race, but that isn't going to prevent them from succeeding in life. Asians don't need a hand out from White people to succeed. We don't need to demand acceptance into White institutions to get what we need to succeed in life. Because out of all the minorities, Asians are the most FREE people and we have freedom most Black people will never achieve; free from the slave mindset. We don't tell our kids 'you can't' because they are Asian. We don't conjure up hardships endured by our ancestors as an excuse for our current poor behavior. We don't excuse inferiority with 'differences in culture'. We don't use racism as an excuse because it never is. Racism is the norm, to complain about it like a child does NOTHING for you other than make you weaker and unable to confront it later in life. Asians are not burdened with convenient excuses given to them by our political class. And despite the racism implemented to handicap the Asian population, you still have Asians being over represented. This isn't because racism against Asians don't exist. Asians are succeeding to get in regardless of the handicap put on them.
You mean the election that she won by 3 million votes. The election in which people like Bernie Sanders went out and campaigned on her behalf in places like Michigan(a state she lost)where she didn't even campaign for herself in the general election cause she had it in the bag? The election where she chose Tim Kaine as her running mate
Yes elections have consequences. So does pass poor planning and bad campaigns that don't inspire people to vote for you. Maybe take what the Republicans did what that Supreme Court seat and make it an issue to inspire people to vote for you but she didn't do that or even attempt to do that.
Hell if Elizabeth Warren had run instead of towing the party line we could have had a better candidate than Hilary who was liked by the party way more than she's liked by the constituents of the party.
Solid point. The fact that ANY person of color would enlist is baffling. Not damn America! God DAMN America!
And 70% of white bitches oppose it
White women benefit most from affirmative action — and are among its fiercest opponents
The willingness to erase white women from the story of affirmative action is part of the problem.www.vox.com
But they'll still benefit
History doesnt really play that out playa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_inventions
I dont support this decision, but lets not act like China isnt the cradle of civilization. Theres a reason CACs had to poison China to open up with Opium. Chinese didnt want or need white people, but the whites sure did need them the same way they needed us.
AA was struck down because these schools were blatantly being racist against Asians with this "Personal score" mess. They had to because on merit they cant compete with them. They already lost sports to us, they cant stomach losing their schools to them.
There is literally a video in this thread of her speaking about the SCOTUS. ON THIS PAGE. See below.
It wasn't just the voters and don't vote crew though. The media was complicit as well. I remember being pissed because there would be starting coverage of a Hillary event and MSNBC would cut away for some Trump BS because he was better for ratings and controversy. Policy is boring, drama sells and gets eyes. If you weren't watching cspan you missed a lot of stuff. Voters didn't get a chance to hear from Hillary because what was good for democracy was not good for the news networks. They were doing social media stuff, but that is scattered and doesn't take the place of main stream media coverage. Also all the negative stories about Hillary and her emails and Trump coverage was actually a celebration of his brashness.
Les Mooves actually said "But, you know—it may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS, that’s all I got to say." https://fair.org/home/the-trump-campaign-bad-for-america-but-good-for-cbs/
Bernie bros were actively harassing black folk on social media, I had run ins with them myself. Bernie did nothing to get those folk in line, and indicated that he may not even concede at first. Yeah he finally got in gear and did some campaigning for Hillary, but it wasn't as immediate as it should have been and he let the anger in his supporters fester instead of trying to bring everyone together to defeat the GOP. They said Bernie or Bust and then we all got BUSTED.
Butter emails, Bhengazi, Pizza sex dungeon.
Nina really gets on my fucking NERVES.....
She saw the wrath of speaking out against Clyburn and her political career is a wrap....
You have the black farmers bill torpedoed by repugs. You have the 20,000 college forgiveness for Pell grant users. Pell grants are primarily used by blacks and people of color....torpedoed by repugs.
Live updates: Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s student loan relief plan
Latest news and live updates on major rulings from the Supreme Court on student loans and service to LGBTQ patrons.
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So the supreme court said that the 6 AGs argument that MOELEA{student loan provider) had standing and would be hurt if loans would be forgiven. They ain't hiding shit no more.
Don't know if this was posted but it's a good watch for those that don't think affirmative action is no big deal.
This one deals with this decision affecting criminal justice reform.
I post this instead of the actual ruling because Roland's pannel breaks it down in a way that folks can understand what the issue and the ruling was all about.
This one deals with this decision affecting criminal justice reform.
I post this instead of the actual ruling because Roland's pannel breaks it down in a way that folks can understand what the issue and the ruling was all about.
She ain't shit, but neither is Clyburn. Both things can be true.
Y’all niggaz totally forgot. Y’all thought white people changed. History repeating itself. What did Malcolm X tell niggaz to do? He said to not rely on your enemies for your survival. But, for the past 60 years niggaz got comfortable.
So many people on here (people in general) are just uniformed how their own American government works. Shit is frustrating. Then we have the same knuckle draggers that will repeat nonsense or just completely fabricate in their brains "magical scenarios" where things can "just get done" if the Democrat president that they don't like "would just..."
- "fuck history, fuck the makeup of congress and fuck the process" - they just think things will just happen and if it doesn't it's the fault of the president.
- "fuck history, fuck the makeup of congress and fuck the process" - they just think things will just happen and if it doesn't it's the fault of the president.
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The Asian community ain't shit for letting themselves get used but I want people on here to realize this has been backed by right wing racist white Republicans for YEARS. Remember who the dude bankrolling all of this. Stop just reacting and actually pay attention to who is BEHIND these efforts....
A video about something is not the same as actively making it a campaign issue. She and Obama both should have pounded the table about that seat. Obama could have withdrawn Garland's nomination and nominated someone else and then done over and over again to keep it in the news.
Also the Supreme Court said that affirmative action is to be stopped and public and private universities but not at the service academies so Army, Navy and Air Force can continue to factor race in cause diversity is necessary there.
Also the Supreme Court said that affirmative action is to be stopped and public and private universities but not at the service academies so Army, Navy and Air Force can continue to factor race in cause diversity is necessary there.
Yes, because we need black and brown "bullet catchers" on the front line. The boardroom? Not so much.