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by mfhughes 6319 days ago
> rewarding the lazy

Have you ever seen a "lazy" person get a grant to go to college and then graduate, or are you just assuming someone who isn't white is lazy, and is getting a handout?

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I may not be directly participating in this conversation, but I don't appreciate your invocation of a false dilemma. The situation is more complex than you are implying, and the whole "Do you approve of affirmative action or are you a racist?" line has no place here on HN.

And yes, it is what you are saying. I'm not fooled.

I don't approve of affirmative action if I am just as poor and started out in just as bad conditions but get treated like cause I'm white my life was automatically easier and college will be automatically easier.
> Do you approve of affirmative action or are you a racist?

I don't believe in affirmative action, and my advice of "get used to an unfair world" is consistent with that view. Thanks for putting words into my mouth though.

> I'm not fooled.

Fuck off, chuckleface. Furthermore, don't tell me what has "place" anywhere.