Affirmative Action

I'm giving a speech to the President's Advisory Council of my college to end affirmative action in my school. This is my speech, tell me what you think and if you find disagreements. I'm curious what opinion is.

Affirmative Action
The writers of the Declaration of Independence proclaimed that “All men are created equal”. Do you think that they honestly believed that? Many of the same men allowed for the perpetuation of slavery in our US Constitution, this is evident in the clauses such as the 3/5ths compromise. To claim that America was founded on the basis of equality at all is simply fallacious. Furthermore, it is naive to believe that that all men and women are born with the same intellectual ability or advantages. The tendency for the intelligent and skilled to transcend their lesser intelligent and lesser skilled peers is a natural fact. This means that true equality is unrealistic and unachievable without true physical equality and genetic equality. This means that the best way to promote equality in America is to make all children test tube babies and genetically engineer them. I have a feeling that people would be pissed if we tried to do that. Sadly this type of artificial creation of equality exists in many government programs one of which is affirmative action.

America has had a history of discrimination against blacks and women and we can’t dismiss this injustice. I think it would be nonsensical to believe that racism and discrimination do not exist today, however, it is equally nonsensical to think that it exists in the same capacity and to the same degree as it did many years ago. The question today is, “How do we differentiate between discriminatory actions and de facto inequality”. For this purpose we shall look at the definitions of discrimination:

1. To discriminate is to recognized or perceive the difference.
2. Discriminatory means being biased or having a belief or attitude about a subject beforehand; Prejudice.
3. Discrimination means the unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of Prejudice.

People who promote affirmative action would like you to believe that they fighting to end discrimination. That is to say they are fighting to end the unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice. This is true in the same way as the concept of “Fighting fire with fire”. Indeed, I submit that we end violence on campus by beating up some kids. Their logic is that, “We can end discrimination by using discrimination as a tool against discrimination”. That very concept is extremely counter-intuitive. This logic basically brings us to the conclusion that the goals of affirmative action are not ending discrimination but promoting discrimination for blacks and women.

These people who promote affirmative action say that due to different backgrounds, blacks and women are disadvantaged in a “white man’s world”. This is amazing to me because the white population is less than half of the world population. I suppose that believe that women and blacks are just too stupid and too poor and too ignorant to succeed without the help of the white man. God bless the white man we’re just so good at elevating people, usually with a rope around the neck. They do all of this while trying to carry the flag of non-discrimination which is pathetically ironic considering the facts.

Let us assume for a moment that all blacks and women are of inferior intelligence, and that the white man has the genetic monopoly on brain power. If this were the case, I would then ask why bother helping blacks and women? If they are indeed dumber than white men why would we send them to college so they can flunk out or appoint them to jobs so they can fail? Does being of a certain race qualify you more for a job than sheer ability and experience? These people seem to think so.

Now let us assume that blacks, women, and whites all have the same intellectual potential upon birth. That is to say that all races have an equal chance of having a gifted or talented child. I know this is hard for some of you to believe but I think Barack Obama is a tad bit smarter than George W. Bush. How do you think affirmative action specialists would address him? He’s black so he’s dumb, but he’s also white so he’s smart. He’s black so he’s disadvantage but he’s white so he’s also rich. He’s blacks so he’s done drugs but he’s white so he hasn’t. He’s black so he’s committed crimes but he’s white so he hasn’t. Could it be that Barack Obama was a man of high intelligence and ability who just happened to be black? Could it be that Barack Obama wasn’t the genetic lottery winner and somehow the Keanu Reeves of black people sent here to free us from the domination of machines? The truth is that individuals each possess their own level of intelligence and ability. Individuals each possess their own potential for success. We should then address the issue based on individuals and not on race, because race is theory and a stereotype not a scientific law. Affirmative action is obsolete and fundamentally flawed because it has never addressed the true question that this nation needs to answer, “How can we get our talented and gifted citizens into college so they can graduate and get a job to help the community?” Instead affirmative action addresses this question: “How can we get blacks and whites into our schools and jobs so we can exploit their status as a minority as some form of pro bono and act of charity?” Affirmative action is fundamentally racist, sexist, intolerant, bigoted and counter-productive.

I want to add that I dont neccessarily support this position as radically as it is addressed. However, for the purpose of the councils we have a speech pro and con for affirmative action.