I cannot begin to express my frustration at trying to explain to people why Prop 2 should fail (or, at this point, should have failed). I tried explaining it from a sociological perspective, but the problem is that it took hours of instruction and analysis when I was in college. How does one distill hours, months, years of information into a paragraph or two in LJ-banter? I found that it cannot be done (or, if it can be done, I could not do it).
It's difficult for me, because despite being in an online forum, I openly identify as a black woman, so when I make arguments about affirmative action, I can be seen as being apologetic about it. However, I speak about this not only with anecdotal evidence but with the information and knowledge that I've accumulated through my studies in social science. I try to dispense this information as dispassionately as possible, but again my frustration shows through when I display historical evidence of discrimination and people are like, "Well, that happened in the past, so it's not relevant." I want to tear my eyes out.
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Date: 2006-11-09 06:13 pm (UTC)It's difficult for me, because despite being in an online forum, I openly identify as a black woman, so when I make arguments about affirmative action, I can be seen as being apologetic about it. However, I speak about this not only with anecdotal evidence but with the information and knowledge that I've accumulated through my studies in social science. I try to dispense this information as dispassionately as possible, but again my frustration shows through when I display historical evidence of discrimination and people are like, "Well, that happened in the past, so it's not relevant." I want to tear my eyes out.