Charlie Griefer wrote:
> affirmative action in and of itself is based on racism.  it's racist
> to accept somebody based on race/religion/etc.  by the sheer virtue of
> giving somebody a position because of affirmative action, you're
> denying somebody else the position based on their race/religion/etc.
> 
> 

If the defintion of racism was : act based on race that would be 
correct.  Studying racism was a major part of my 4 years in college.  I 
can't remember not tackling the issue in class every semester.  There is 
an academic definition of racism.  What you wrote is not it.

-- 
2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant.

Ron Artest: Extremely flawed, very accidental, semi-martyr


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