[bloodrayne]

It isn't my intention to start a race riot...I'm one of the least racist people I know...I only wanted some of your opinions on these issues...

The way I see it:

1) Reparations are a way to say, "I'm sorry for what my people did to your people"...HOWEVER...Neither I, nor anyone in my family, or my friends (which are the people that I consider to be MY people, and they consist of different races), have ever hurt any other people...So, why should we feel the need to 'repair' injustices inflicted upon others by our forefathers (that we never even knew)?....Furthermore...None of the people that are alive today, participated in this indiscretion, be they considered the victim or the perpetrator....So, who do these reparations go to?...Victims who were never victimized...

Why do people STILL feel so damned guilty?..WE did not do these things...

2) Affirmative Action takes jobs away from people who are more qualified (in many cases, and I HAVE seen it myself) and gives jobs to people who are less qualified, solely because of the color of their skin...If you ask me, THAT'S racism...

Affirmative Action is supposed to be a way to make certain that people are not discriminated against because of their race...However, I don't know of ANY company that would get away with racial discrimintion ANYWAY...There ARE laws...If you are discriminated against, sue the bastards, make sure they're punished, but DON'T punish EVERYONE, before the fact, just in case someone MIGHT discriminate against someone else...

That's just like throwing all 10 year olds in jail, just because they MIGHT become criminals when they're 20...I sincerely see it as THAT stupid...

A person should earn a job on their own merit...If they have the skills, education, experience, and/or whatever else is necessary to obtain a particular job, it should be given to them...No matter WHAT color their skin is...