Seeking advice: discussions on topic-focused forums

... comment thread (at Mobileread, an ebook site) where the discussion has partially veered into the topic of privilege and racism, with a couple of anti-Affirmative Action people arguing with me. (And a couple of others. I think.) I'm trying to decide whether to keep going--bring up links about racism and ...

It's harder for black people to get jobs (even with comparable college) than white people

.... A lot of people there blame affirmative action, citing studies (that they can't ..., grading isn't typically done with affirmative action in mind (although bribes of cash...the proportion of graders who think "oh, affirmative action!" and grade accordingly is about equal.... And then there are the comments that combine that line about affirmative action with "Well, the black people I've met don't dress ...

New study shows someones "god" is nothing more than one's own image

... rate their own beliefs about important issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage, affirmative action, the death penalty, the Iraq War, and... 145 volunteers a strong argument in favour of affirmative action (it counters workplace biases) and a ... Those who read the overall positive propaganda were not only more supportive of affirmative action but more likely to think that God ...

stolen unapologetically from Claire Light's .sig

... awards. It's just that when it comes down to the wire, we just kinda feel like men . . . I don't know . . . deserve them. The conservatives are right: affirmative action is huge blemish on the face of our nation. And until we stop giving awards to men who don't deserve them over women who do, we're sunk. Because our ...

Angel's Vigilante... "Agency" Chapter 2 (part 1)

... helps. Surprisingly, a lot of the work we do here isn't very action-based, mostly interviews and studying, but when there's a call for action, that's when Angel calls on his “field teams” - which, basically,...I glanced back briefly over my shoulder to see Zach give a shaky but affirmative nod, and Sendhil smiled and continued on his way to the lab. Then ...

[Mod] Earn the spotlight! ENTRY #8

... turned his head and Ryo knew by the serious expression on the other’s face, that the answer was affirmative. Ryo sighed. “Do you want one of those "because you are pretty" answers?” he asked looking down ... he would just press his elbow against the other’s side as an answer, making the younger groan. (action speaks better than words) “Work with me then.” Ryo said. “Don’t you have any ideas?” “...

Happy Holidays, escargoat!

..., with a muttered, “Shit!” he was moving at full speed – typical Jim, already in action, serving and protecting, with no thought to his own safety – while I was still gaping ...’d just been promoted. Youngest captain in the history of the department, first African-American; it was the days of Affirmative Action, and I felt I had a lot to prove, to show I deserved the position.” He shook his head and ...

So... hi!

...like him. Read the application, I guess. I'm a little proud of one decision I made: I wound up substituting 'gave very awkward speech about affirmative action as a freshman' for 'slayed a king,' since 'racist' and 'kingslayer' seem equivalently shaming. Plus, my version of Tywin is an upwardly mobile Republican councilman...

... should be complaining. Bullshit. We're in the middle of bumblefuck pennsylvania and we go to a school where all the rich white kids complain about affirmative action. There is no diversity here. So the bratty rich girls band together, fussing over their outfits and the "creepy" people they meet and their living ...

"the party of Lincoln"

...day Republican party ideology has one unifying philosophy, and that is to keep disadvantaged people disadvantaged. This explains their position towards gays, affirmative action, public schools, abortion, health care, tax policy, war, the list is endless. Every other standard that the Republicans pretend to support,...