Anti-Affirmative Action Advocates (that's a lot of a's)

Ward Connerly

The Leader of Anti-Affirmative Action 

Why would an African American, a minority, be fighting against programs that are helping him and other African Americans? Why would he be against programs that are increasing minority representation? Isn't affirmative action fighting against racism and prejudice by enforcing equal opportunity? 

Honestly, I think he needs to have a reality check and realize that he is hurting himself and other minorities. But to be fair, lets try and understand his twisted reasoning.                                         Connerly believes affirmative action is a form of racism and that people can achieve success without preferential treatment in college enrollment or in employment. He thinks that selective affirmative action discriminates against minorities such as Asian Indians and South East Asians, because some of their people have experienced discrimination in the past, but they do not receive the benefits of race-based admissions. 


On a program on PBS, Connerly said, 
"I think that in some quarters, many parts of the country, a white male is really disadvantaged… Because we have developed this notion of women and minorities being so disadvantaged and we have to help them, that we have, in many cases, twisted the thing so that it's no longer a case of equal opportunity. It's a case of putting a fist on the scale." --------> What in the world is that suppose to mean? It makes absolutely no sense! 
This an inside look of what goes on inside the brains of Ward Connerly and his fellow anti-affirmative action advocates. How does that make any sense? They believe that affirmative action harms the people by encouraging racism and prejudice and discredits minorities hard work and achievements.