Resolved: Affirmative Action to Promote Equal Opportunity in the United States is Justified.

Intro - Thank you, dbigs for allowing me to change the terms of the Debate, I hope we will have a full and concise debate over the next 2 weeks. I would also like to note that you keep this debate impersonal, please refrain from words like --> "I", "We" ect. Affirmative Action is a system for equality. It's very nature is to balance out racial inequality, you claim it's the opposite. >>Definitions<< [ http://www.merriam-webster.com...] Affirmative Action - An active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups or women. Equality - the quality or state of being equal (Equal - Of the same) Race - a family, tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same stock. >>Rebuttals<< 1. Equality is an impossible concept to achieve. We can only make it easier to get. I will assume you agree with the statement that: Socially, there is currently no full Equality of race. So, Affirmative action is a system to allow equality to be stable and exist. If you have a nature where there is inequality is on one side of a system you balance it; examples: The Poor – Welfare (What about the rich!) The Dying Poor(Foreign) – Charities (What about the dying rich! or Our Poor Nationals!) Minorities – Affirmative action (What about the Majorities) 2. "We can do well all by ourselves" - Evidence Goes against this: Note: The evidence/Citation is true until proven false with a negating Source of equal or greater source credibility or if it is proved to be bias. >>The Guardian (Unisourced UK Government figures) -www.guardian.co.uk/education/2001/aug/07/highereducation.uk4 - For 2000 (Indians five or more GCSE at grades A to C) 62% of Indians 30% of Pakistanis and Bangladeshis 37% of blacks >>USA – Public schools [ Public Agenda Cencus 2006][ http://www.msnbc.msn.com...] 3.4% margin of error. Max meaning "X%" Possibly more. Respect-Common Bad Language Black - Min 52% ----- Max 23% Hispanic –Min 35% ----- Max 28% White - Min 28% ----- Max 35% "Cutting Class" Black - Min 37% ----- Max 22% Hispanic –Min 29% ----- Max 26% White – Min 14% ----- Max 26% Keeping Order/Disruption by race Black - Min 30% ----- Max 27% Hispanic –Min 18% ----- Max 29% White - Min 14%----- Max 26% Offences against School Rules Black - Min 33%----- Max 0% Hispanic –Min 26%----- Max 0% White - Min 19%----- Max 0% >>Or if you're still in School look around you Statistic suggest your class is much like this. 3. Racist in the name of the Minority? As I said in "1." is in the balance to equality. In the world if something is unfair (inequality) and you can't change it you help in it favor. The reason for this is that we life in a world of Social "Justice", an ideal contrary to Social Darwinism, people help in the name of their race; The common good of all humans rather than primarily on one's self. This rule of our Society is why we have to help the lower man. >>>General If are races are Failing (2.) >> You support them (1.) >> They do better. Affirmative Action creates racial support to an equal level in jobs. Minorities with or without Affirmative Action will never get an advantage over the Majority regardless.