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Obama admitted that he benefited from Affirmative Action ... because he did.
Still hasn't been shown to be the case in Herman Cain's situation.
On the other hand, in this thread we have witnessed another profound demonstration of the damage which the mere existence of the twisted phenomenon known as AA can do to the record and aspirations of a qualified black person who had the misfortune of being alive while AA was on the books.
All blacks benefited from the Civil Rights Act which established Affirmative Action.
Obama and Colin Powell are honest about it. Cain is not.
I think Obama, Powell and Cain are talented and successful men, all of them. AA helps but is not the cause of blacks succeeding.
Until you acknowledge the difference between benefiting from the civil rights movement and benefiting from Affirmative Action, I don't see much way this conversation can go forward.
Cain's position on Affirmative Action is reasonable:
Some of my opponents in the race for the U.S. Senate seem to like to ask me if I am in favor of affirmative action. I'm sick and tired of people trying to divide us on race. So let me make my answer as plain as day, so that even a congressman can understand it. If by affirmative action you mean quotas - then no. But if you mean, do I favor giving all people equal opportunity? You bet. I don't understand how my opponents could not agree with the idea of removing all barriers for people to have equal opportunity.
Affirmative action is negative step | chronicle.augusta.com
The ways so-called Affirmative Action has been used and abused in such a way as to give reason to doubt the qualifications of someone who has been pushed forward by means of it - those are reasons to oppose Affirmative Action as it exists today.
Are you now claiming that Cain has denied having benefited from the Civil Rights movement?
Affirmative action is not about quotas. It's about a level playing field.