The Wording of Michigan Proposal 2

[xiota]

"The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting." [Source]
First of all, for those not in Michigan, this piece of work passed by about 58% to 42%. This

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[aberranteyes]

Notice also that while, for example, the University of Michigan can still grant preference to "legacy" applicants, it can no longer do the same for minorities.

I mentioned in somebody's comments that my parents are convinced that affirmative action kept my older brother out of University of Michigan, and that that's why they oppose affirmative action in general. The (Burr) Loomis family hasn't lived in Michigan since before I was born, but their attitude is the same as that of the Michigan votes who, as you say, "care about their well-to-do children getting in to their first choice school over any 'darkies' or women competing with them" (though they'd be horrified to hear their views described so accurately baldly).

(He went to Boston University instead, where he was forced to settle for a Bachelor's in electrical engineering, an NROTC scholarship that's gotten him to Lieutenant, a posting in the Baltimore area that landed him a gorgeous wife and two frighteningly cute sons... just think what he might have gotten if he'd gone to

[xiota]

Even if it was affirmative action that keeps someone out of a college, why does that matter?

There are a ton of colleges out there for us crackers to go to.

[aberranteyes]

It mattered, and still matters, to my parents, though I couldn't explain why if I tried with both hands. I have no idea if it matters to my brother. Given, as I said, where he is now, it certainly doesn't matter to me. This is a topic on which my parents simply aren't rational (my dad, at least, is the same way about Jane Fonda).

[jon787]

My sister spent 4 years at UMich making fun of people who shouldn't have been able to get in but did because of affirmative action.

[xiota]

So your sister is a bigot.

Good to hear.

[jon787]

Well she appears to be less prejudiced than you are since she actually sat with these people in class all day and you only have one statement from me to base your opinion on.

[xiota]

What??

Let me formalize this for you.

1. If a person X insults minorities due to being underprivileged, then X is a bigot
2. Person Y is doing so
3. Therefore, Y is a bigot

Comprende?