The End of Affirmative Action, State By State

1. Anyone already thrown under the bus knows there is no such thing as "Affirmative Action" or "Equal Rights" in business. The courts will not interfere with a businesses right to make money and it will not tell one who they must hire or fire. Affirmative action is already a dead concept and with this formal announcement, I pray we get Obama to blame for it. I want a world where nobody can play the race card or cry victim. This will force the powers that be to focus on the chronically unemployed and undereducated to bring us out of poverty and the "New Slavery." We are people passed over to employ "Illegals." The illegal worker doesn't complain and cannot sue. If you sue, you're through! Jury duty checks your background and the facts can make you hard to employ.

Cecil Jones at 12:40PM on Jun 11th 2008

2. #1 I agree that affirmative action is a dead concept, however if you want a world where no one can "play the race card or cry victim" then you have to get rid of racist behavior and treatment. It if not playing the race card as you put it, when someone treats you differently because of your race and you complain. I suppose there are some people that beleive that prejudice is all in black peoples head. If God granted me the power to make you black for say a month, you would see a world of difference. Please read Howard griffith's Black Like Me, might surprise you.

darrell at 6:51AM on Jun 12th 2008

3. Yo.

BeFree at 8:05AM on Jun 12th 2008

4. Just who are the powers that be Cecil Jones? Since when did they become more powerful than THE HIGHEST OF THE HIGHEST? What power do they have that exceeds that of the DIVINE SOURCES? The people can and will decide their own destiny just as soon as they wake up. Its true that even with this so called AA, there are still disadvantages. Its no secret and the world knows that here in the U.S.A., there are still color barriers crippling the progress of what could be one of the greatest countries in the world. They already make that claim although I disagree. This is a beautiful country no doubt, but I liken it to a woman with a beautiful face yet and ugly soul or man for that matter. :)

BeFree at 8:13AM on Jun 12th 2008

5. I am from the state of California and I must say since this Oreo got his hands in on things it has been a nightmare for the minority. I feel it is people like Connely or however he spell his name that need to go back under the rock they came from and if we don't wake up as a people then Martin, JFk and Bobby and all the great leaders that came before us that laid down their life for us was all a joke. Wake up people and shut this racest mouth. He has done enough and I am not speaking for the Black Race I am speaking for the HUMAN RACE. SPEAK UP AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.

LILMAMMA at 8:23AM on Jun 12th 2008

6. I do not beleive that would be a wise choice to end Affirmative Action sence blacks are not buying up any businesses nor are they buying America, Budwiser is for sale a guess who's eye's are on it, those over sea's, buildings in New York for sale guess who's eyes are on those, people over sea's and none of them are black, ending Affirmative action is not in the best intrest of any one in my opinion. Afirmative Action protects blacks and insures them a fair chance at getting a job, in the future it will also insure white Americans also sense people over sea's are buying up America and we are letting them due to our weak dollar. We must not allow this to happen America wake up.

thismustbesaid at 8:23AM on Jun 12th 2008

7. i bet if connerly was jet black he would feel different

ronnie at 8:37AM on Jun 12th 2008

8. he would think different if his skin were very dark

ronnie at 8:40AM on Jun 12th 2008

9. One of the rationales for "affirmative action" was that it helped minorities overcome the effects of past discrimination, but that rationale was introduced over forty years ago. Today AA is demeaning because it implies that minorities can't make it without special treatment. Minority-group members who do succeed solely on merit have a cloud of suspicion hanging over them that they received special treatment. This cloud of suspicion discourages minority-group members from striving to succeed, because they fear that they will not get credit for their efforts. It is high time to get rid of AA that is based on race, ethnicity, and sex.

Larry Fafarman at 8:52AM on Jun 12th 2008

10. Its always a black man that takes down his own.nobody has to kill the black race .we are killing each other.wake up stop it.i hope he's the first one they fire.then let him cry for his rights.how much are they paying this sell out anyway.

michael at 9:31AM on Jun 12th 2008

11. There are more Caucasians in management & upper management. It is human nature to relate to someone like yourself. Choosing between a white & black canidate with the same credentials, I believe the white canidate will be chosen. My husband was told by a head hunter that his client (a large company) is looking for angleo saxon, blonde hair, blue eyed person. Companies get around discrimination by having employment agencies & head hunters do the dirty work. My siblings & I are 1st generation college in my family. There a still plenty of black children that are receiving substandard education in middle class neighborhoods. In the county in which I live, there are many good school districts, however, the school zone that I'm in has gone down hill. non english speaking/ non tax paying Immigrants & minorities are pegholed into neighborhoods in this school zone. My particular neighborhood is Jewish and the majority do no care about the school district because most of their children attend private schools that the public school district has to pay for even if it means cutting activities of the public school.
On paper it would seems as though my children are from a middle class neighborhood, however, the education is not middle class.I believe removing affirmative action will initially have a negative effect.

Middle class AA at 12:33PM on Jun 12th 2008

12. There is a simple solution

Affirmative Action should end when prejudice, bigotry and discrimination ends.

Toni Bradd at 12:40PM on Jun 12th 2008

13. Who are you people? And what part of the earth do you live on? Ward Connerly I don't know much about, but I can tell he is some privilege person who have came out of the ghetto for some reason or nother and who thinks that everyone can cause he did. You know when there is a fight about things like this they get some bi-racial privilege person to speak for them. So we can't scream it is racial motivated. When will you people stop allowing yourself to be used. About Obama, his accomplishments says nothing about our position as a black race. People are tire of Bush killing there children, black and white. And they rather see Obama who some don't care much about, be the president than someone who has slaughter their kids in an unnecessary war. It's simple as that. Back to affirmative action argument, Do you think that even in the states where affirmative action took place that they would hire an uneducated black person. They will have to still be highly qualified for the job. Whites are arguing because lowered the chances of them getting in. There were limits to how many whites they can hire. Racism is real and it will always be. We don't care anymore! We have moved on. But it seems that the more educated blacks are getting the more ignorant they are getting. Place it on the ballots. You will probably win. All the whites will be out to vote. Want they?

D-Franz at 12:41PM on Jun 12th 2008

14. Black Exploitation! It can't be explained any better! There will always be blacks who are willing to exploit other blacks to be recognize. There is nothing more to say about it. Read it! Black Exploitation!

D-Franz at 12:42PM on Jun 12th 2008

15. "Black Exploitation"
(Tragic Black Situations Encourage Racial Manipulations)

Every time we turn on the television and witness tragic Black situations,
And we find certain Black leaders engaged in the manipulation of those situations,
With race as the foundation, the manipulation of tragic situations become occupations,
And occupational manipulations become the monetary motivations, for Black exploitation!

Racist Caucasians formulate, manipulate and appropriate Black situations to be demonstrations,
Racists’ demonstrations of manipulation that prove their justification, that race is the causation,
Racist Caucasians say racial orientation is the causation and foundation of Black criminalization,
So, discrimination and subjugation of populations become the motivation for Black exploitation!

In fascination and utter captivation of tragic situations we turn channels from station to station,
With hesitation to question the manifestation and the creation, of Black leaders of manipulation,
As their deceptively sweet orations, get us caught up in the machinations, of their imaginations,
Artful articulation and the titillation of racial verbalization's a qualification for Black exploitation!

Artful articulation and the titillation of racial verbalization, position many on Caucasian stations,
And the Caucasian creation and manipulation of Black leaders of manipulation on their stations,
Turn out to be procedural manifestations, rationalization and justification, for Black verification,
And Caucasian domination and manipulation of the stations become tools of Black exploitation!

When Black women are gang raped by Black men, Black leaders avoid the situations,
When Black women are gang raped by White men, Black leaders create racial situations,
When Black men are accused of raping any women, Black leaders formulate justifications,
When White men are accused of raping Black women, without hesitation, Black exploitation!

As demonstrations of shameless exploitation of every situation from education to incarceration,
Meetings are called, in churches and town halls, with constant requests for monetary donations,
Extraordinary monetary donations funding imaginary economic situations, of their imaginations,
And, revelations of logical investigations prove donations are motivations for Black exploitation!

Consistently, the invocation of religious machinations by people of so-called divine ordinations,
Consistently prove, to be the easiest, most effective manipulations with the least complications,
Consistently proving, that domination through religious subjugation is a profitable exploitation,
Consistently making, the invocation of religious machinations, motivation for Black exploitation!

Black leaders are usually Caucasian creations of manipulation, lifted to lofty levels of elevation,
And their levels of elevation, depend upon their machination's destination, for their population,
And their levels of elocution are measured by their artful articulation, and skillful verbalization,
As long as elocution, articulation, and verbalizations are demonstrations, of Black exploitation!

Every time we turn on the television and witness tragic Black situations,
We find certain Black leaders engaged in the manipulation of those situations,
With race as the foundation, the manipulation of tragic situations become occupations,
And occupational manipulations become the monetary motivations, for Black exploitation!

When Black on Black exploitation becomes a motivation for monetary manipulations,
Monetary motivations become justifications for Caucasian subjugation and domination,
And African people of frustration remain under Caucasian domination, via Black exploitation!

"Mustafa Rasul Al-Amin"

Mustafa Rasul Al-Amin at 12:54PM on Jun 12th 2008