Affirmative Action, i had to Options

[onenonly101]

Should Affirmative Action be outlawed?

I want to hear what others say before I comment

[ComradeRed]

The Constitution is a lot like wearing your seat belt in Pennsylvania: It's not just a good idea, it's the law.

The point is, as much as you hate bigots, it is fundamentally WRONG to force people to associate with people they don't want to associate with. If I don't want to be your friend because you're black, I might be a misguided racist, but I am perfectly within my rights.

Similarly, if I OWN a property -- say a house -- I have an Associative Right to let who I want on my property -- and to not let those I don't want on my property -- for whatever reason I choose -- after all it is MY property...

The first amendment guarantees the right to assembly (which is synonmous to the right of association). For this reason, private organizations have the Constitutional right to discriminate based on whatever criteria they so choose -- and in whatever way they so choose. They are called property RIGHTS for a reason, after all.

I don't care if Harvard or Yale or Penn use affirmative action, and in fact I defend their right to do so. To my knowledge, they do. This hurts me, but they are within their rights. It is when something like PSU uses affirmative action -- thus using my tax dollars to fund illegal racism -- that the government has outstepped its rights.