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• I am writing this letter in
support of Bo Armstrong. Al
though I do not know him per
sonally, nor am I affiliated with
the College Republicans, I do
agree with his belief that we
should all be viewed as Ameri
cans rather than African-Amer
icans, Hispanic-Americans or
Asian-Americans.
If this is the case, then I guess
I am an Irish-English-Scottish-
Indian-American and wish to be
recognized as such.
My point is that I am also
proud of my heritage, but I am
even more proud of being “Ameri
can” and so should these groups.
It seems to me that the goal of
every minority group is equality.
Hey, here is a hint: you will
never achieve equality until
you decide to quit separating
yourselves; ie, affirmative ac
tion and quotas.
In my opinion, the selections
of race and sex should be left off
all applications entirely. We
should be accepted or hired on
the merit of our achievements
and merits, not race or sex.
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Gerrod Heath
Class of’96
This “comprehensive policy ac
tion” targets specific groups of
people and attempts “to make
their hurdles just a little lower”
(quoting from Aja Henderson,
The Battalion Oct. 13). Still,
solely through their own hard
work and personal merit, count
less Americans have overcome
immense socioeconomic chal
lenges and become “self made
successes.” Everything these
self-made people achieve opens a
new, true door of opportunity,
and puts and end to another
pocket of prejudice, bigotry and
bias. With each accomplishment,
the seeds of true equality and
meritocracy are spread. Many
people, however, including the
College Republicans, seem to feel
these “self made people” are
anomalies, and that the majority
of people belonging to groups tar
geted by affirmative action have
in fact crossed lower hurdles.
This misperception serves to de-
legitimize the great strides of the
“self made people,” and prolongs
society’s ailment.
It is for precisely this reason
that affirmative action is unalter
ably flawed. It seeks to artificial
ly “fix” society’s ills, but its unin
tended consequence hurts the
true “self made successes.” The
alternative to affirmative action
is harder, and less pleasant for
many. While it requires more
sacrifices and is not a “quick fix,”
the reward will be worth far
more. Hard work, self reliance
and the willingness to face chal
lenges head on is what made
America great, and more of the
same is the only thing that will
make her greater.
a life of failure.” By printingm
sense like that, Hendersonpro|
erates these negative stereotype
Surely Henderson does notfe
lieve that the entire (white) “po-,
ular thought” labels Africa c .
Americans as “failures'an)
“lazy.” If so, Henderson, hersfl
is guilty of judging an entire^
of people without taking the ini
vidual into account.
As for a solution, I’m afraiij
don’t have one either. I havei)
believe it starts at home, notit
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youths need a loving family ^
role models to look up to. We, as
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• As Americans, we have the
privilege of living in a society
with vast material resources and
unrivaled personal liberties. A
significant percentage of citizens
do not enjoy all of these privi
leges, though, and face economic
hardship and prejudice instead.
Affirmative action is heralded by
many as a means to end unneces
sary injustice and create a more
utopian society in which people
are judged solely on personal
merit. In short, affirmative ac
tion aims, as America must, to
end discrimination.
In practice, though, affirma
tive action becomes a contradic
tion, and in many ways furthers
the very bias it seeks to conquer.
Jeff Livingston
Class of’96
• I was shocked by the Colleg
Republicans flier against affirm
tive action.
Personally, I am for equal op
portunity employment, but as a
black female, this flier off;
me. Corporations do noth
their GPR requirements
black females; we have to meet ftaza S
the same requirements as even iappin(
one else.I am also offended be
cause the Republicans singled
out black females.
Affirmative action and quotas t ^|
are geared toward all minorities,
which include all females, His
panics, Asians and black men,so
why were black females singled
out? I have nothing against
equal opportunity employment,
but I do have a problem with the
way the Republicans choseto
state their viewpoint.
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Accompanied by 3 signatures
Mekesha Johnson
• I am writing in response to
Aja Henderson's column in
Wednesday’s Battalion: “Our
Young Black Men Are Dying ...”
Henderson writes that black
youths “do not need America’s in
stant problem-solving, they need
comprehensive action designed to
make their hurdles just a little
lower.” What does that mean?
What is your solution? Hender
son talks about stereotypes at
tributed to black men: “Popular
thought shakes its head at the
young black male and continues
to label him as an inherently vio
lent individual who is destined to
Accompanied by 34 signatures
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