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From: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics,net.music
Subject: White greed
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Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 09:49:42 EST
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{A 2nd try - hope you didn't already get this}

>Please explain to me why *I* should be penalized for something my *ancestors*
>did? Yes, whites in America did something most people consider wrong, years
>ago. {...several arguments against affirmative action plans...}
>

    There are many problems with America's programs to help disadvantaged
    people. Intelligent debate is precisely what we need to create fair
    and effective solutions to the social and economic problems facing
    this country.

    But this will never happen as long as our white population refuses
    to face a very basic fact, namely:

	White people are enjoying an inheritance that was STOLEN by
	300 years of slavery and 100 years of legal and social prejudice.

    Until white people recognize that they are simply being asked to
    share their ill-gotten gains, there will be little room for intelligent
    debate about anything.

-michael