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Model35mech

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5. Yes, I fully agree

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 29, 2023, 11:27 AM

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I think the decision against affirmative action bodes ill for reparations [View all] Model35mech Jun 2023 OP

Reparations are not going to happen. Autumn Jun 2023 #1

Or if they do, they will most certainly face court challenges Model35mech Jun 2023 #2

Divide which political parties? Effete Snob Jun 2023 #6

Well, the republicans will certainly distance themselves from democrats Model35mech Jun 2023 #8

Yes, they also distance themselves from Democrats drinking abducted child hormones Effete Snob Jun 2023 #9

What I identified is a parallel between reparations and affirmative action Model35mech Jun 2023 #11

He is right...it won't happen and could hurt us politically. It is not popular. I think that is un Demsrule86 Jun 2023 #22

Direct reparations were never going to happen anyway. NT Happy Hoosier Jun 2023 #10

That's an opinion on an unknown future, but I suspect Model35mech Jun 2023 #13

education and access to capital are an alternative to reparations bucolic_frolic Jun 2023 #3

Yes, I fully agree Model35mech Jun 2023 #5

This ruling was definitely made in favor of the right wing white wing. Initech Jun 2023 #4

Right wingers, yes, but I think it facilitates arguments of more than whites Model35mech Jun 2023 #7

The result of this ruling will be many more Asian and South Asian students. roamer65 Jun 2023 #12

I think it will mean asymmetrical addmissions for the "high-performing" Model35mech Jun 2023 #14

And if that happens, the "elite" schools will no longer be "elite". Yavin4 Jun 2023 #19

Well, it means admistions will succeed for those with elite merit Model35mech Jun 2023 #27

That is pretty much what happened Mr.Bill Jun 2023 #37

There is a way to construct a reparations plan that could win a majority of political support Yavin4 Jun 2023 #15

See mine below JustAnotherGen Jun 2023 #20

I don't think so... Demsrule86 Jun 2023 #26

Care to expand? Yavin4 Jun 2023 #28

It depends on how Reparations are meted out JustAnotherGen Jun 2023 #16

It won't ever happen. Demsrule86 Jun 2023 #18

I said JustAnotherGen Jun 2023 #21

Apples and oranges my friend. There is no way to do this fairly...and no one would be happy. It Demsrule86 Jun 2023 #24

No its not JustAnotherGen Jun 2023 #34

Also - I just told you how to do it fairly JustAnotherGen Jun 2023 #35

"Won't Ever" is a very very long time in political life Model35mech Jun 2023 #23

Oh please let's be real here. I do not say it would not be a good thing. But given the lack Demsrule86 Jun 2023 #25

Well it could be that current Overton window for this could be closed Model35mech Jun 2023 #29

Thank you JustAnotherGen Jun 2023 #36

I want to keep hope about this issue alive Model35mech Jun 2023 #38

Reparations will not happen. Demsrule86 Jun 2023 #17

Repetition does not strengthen an argument. Model35mech Jun 2023 #30

Ya think? This SCOTUS is the fever-dream of those who replaced Thurgood Marshall with C Thomas Hekate Jun 2023 #31

Yes, it's been a decades long project of the Federalist Society Model35mech Jun 2023 #32

Took a long time for us to get into this hole, & with all the dirt being shoveled on top of us... Hekate Jun 2023 #33