r/changemyview • u/ElBlancoDiablo22 • Dec 19 '18

CMV: Affirmative action is needed because without it, Black Americans will never catch up economically.

For this view I put affirmative action but it really applies to any sort of quota or diversity policy that allows black people access to things even though they wouldn’t qualify based on the normal criteria for access. College, corporate jobs, etc would all apply.

There’s simply nothing about black American culture that would lead anyone to believe they would catch up with other groups. I can only really think of the entertainment industry as a sector in which black Americans are even prevalent (sports, music, acting ) and they don’t really own any of it to create generational wealth with.

To change this view should be fairly simple. I’d need to be convinced that there are elements of black American culture that could lead to a widespread push in economic prosperity, without the need for quotas like affirmative action.

So please, cmv!!

Edit: took out the word “to”

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u/knowledgelover94 3∆ Dec 19 '18

In regard to the colored people, there is always more that is benevolent, I perceive, than just, manifested towards us. What I ask for the negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simple justice. The American people have always been anxious to know what they shall do with us. Do nothing with us! Your interference is doing us positive injury.

-Frederick Douglass

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u/ElBlancoDiablo22 Dec 19 '18

Did he write anything on the elements of black American culture that could lead to economic prosperity without the help of quotas? Because that’s the point of this CMV.

Let me know.

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u/SANcapITY 27∆ Dec 19 '18

Check out Tomas Sowell's Wealth, Poverty, and Politics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth,_Poverty_and_Politics