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Originally posted by malvolio: As I point out in the thread in which this comment originally appeared. finboy has revealed himself to be a racist. According to him, no one who got a higher education thanks to affirmative action can be as talented as those who didn't. Guess what? Affirmative action may get someone into a program, but they still have to get good grades to complete it. Unless, of course, they have a "good" family background (and lots of money), like a certain very mediocre student named George W. Bush. How do you learn who did or did not get admitted to med school or law school through affirmative action, finboy? Doesn't say anything about that on their diploma, does it? Oh, I forgot. You obviously draw your conclusion based on skin color. 
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I wouldn't throw around terms like "racist" quite so casually. Certianly affirmative action is controversial, and not without it's problems. ON that I can agree. However, it has given opportunities to millions who otherwise would have no chance to get their foot in the door, thanks to decades of senseless systemic racism. I'm not sure what that says about the millions of whites "hurt" by affirmative actions. If one were to look, though, at comparative economic levels in white and black populations in america, you'd certainly find poverty skewed to african american communities. If you can't agree that this is the result of system-wide racism (as opposed to individual racism), then I'm afraid you're advocating eugenics, i.e. blacks are poor because it's in their nature. Sickening.