Today I was discriminated against.

[gymtime]

At the risk of digressing back to the original subject, I have two questions for young Mr. Balls. First, how may scholarships are available to you in total? Second, How many are not available to you based on your race?

 

[primetime21]

The persons that run for the Senate are chosen by their respective political party. That is where the real discrimination takes place. Perhaps you think that black people are less ambitious than whites. Perhaps you are mistaken.

You really are 2thick! And pretty damn presumptuous (i can explain that for you if you need me too). To presume that i think blacks are less ambitious is offensive to me and shows a sign of defensiveness from a very insecure man.

If there are 12 percent of black people in each state (for example), they may never have a black representitive because you need 40 percent or more to win a seat. SO just because 12 percent of the population is black doesnt mean that there HAS to be 12 senators or even 1.

Just by being black, or white or hispanic or jewish or muslim, doesnt give you any right to a seat in congress. SOrry to break the news. Of course the question can be asked why do whites almost always vote for whites, but the same question can be asked "why do you blacks almost always vote for blacks?" In the court i work in, there are 8 judges, and 2 are black. Thats 25 percent. iS that too much? should we fire 1 so that we are at 12 percent? Of course not.



You could have went to Harvard Law if you were smarter, worked harder, or had richer parents. Don't blame your failure on black scholarships.

ACtually, a black man with the same grades and LSAT score would have gotten into harvard. Thats a fact. Oh sorry, i know how much you dont like facts.

 

[Balls of Steel]

At the risk of digressing back to the original subject, I have two questions for young Mr. Balls. First, how may scholarships are available to you in total? Second, How many are not available to you based on your race?

It doesnt matter. All that matters is that if I wasnt white, than I would have a much better chance of getting a scholarship. And I would say that atleast 1/3 of the scholarships out there are not available to whites. This is discrimination.

 

[2Thick]

ACtually, a black man with the same grades and LSAT score would have gotten into harvard. Thats a fact. Oh sorry, i know how much you dont like facts.

It doesn't change the fact that you didn't get in because you lacked the necessary marks.

 

[gymtime]

It doesnt matter. All that matters is that if I wasnt white, than I would have a much better chance of getting a scholarship. And I would say that atleast 1/3 of the scholarships out there are not available to whites. This is discrimination.

I agree. It is discrimination. But I'm going for another point here. Do you honestly feel like this discrimination will keep you from getting into the college you want to go to? Do you feel your future will seriously be compromised?

 

[Checkmatebloated]

Suck it up. Since those scholarships are privately donated funds, they can distinguish between races.

So I can refuse sevice to somebody, because my money started my private business?

 

[2Thick]

So I can refuse sevice to somebody, because my money started my private business?

Yes, you can if it is your business...

 

[Jax]

2thick

I didn't have time to read this whole thread, but your senate percentage figures leave me asking a question: aren't senate members simply elected by the voters? Why then must 'institutional discrimination' exist when there is a smaller propertion of blacks in the senate than the general population? Don't they have the same chance to run for office as everyone else? Moreover, doesn't the black population show the smallest voter turnout come election time? These days everyone is on equal footing when it comes to voting/running for office. If you win the votes, you win the position, simple as that.

 

[Checkmatebloated]

1.) 12%

2.) 2 out of 100

That means that 2% of the Senate are black but blacks make up 12% of the national population.

Unless you believe that black people are genetically inferior to white people (which is not the case) then there is some sort of institutional discrimination at play.

That is why some scholarships are only for minorities...to make up for the disparity.

Maybe they(blacks) don't qualify or we did not vote for them. Just because there is 12% blacks in the U.S. does not mean we should have 12% in the work place. It could be more or less. How about we go to 12% in the senate and 12% black in the NFL?

 

[2Thick]

2thick

I didn't have time to read this whole thread, but your senate percentage figures leave me asking a question: aren't senate members simply elected by the voters? Why then must 'institutional discrimination' exist when there is a smaller propertion of blacks in the senate than the general population? Don't they have the same chance to run for office as everyone else? Moreover, doesn't the black population show the smallest voter turnout come election time? These days everyone is on equal footing when it comes to voting/running for office. If you win the votes, you win the position, simple as that.

I answered those questions in the post...