Wrong time to debate affirmative action

I'll bet many ordinary Americans would agree with me that

    right now -in the midst of controversial and calamitous war - is the

    wrong time for a vitriolic debate on the merits or foolishness of

    affirmative action . In fact I lean toward a negative opinion of affirmative

    action. But how many poor white kids -eager for an education - have been

    hurt for life because  some poor black kids -often unprepared - have

    been pushed through OPEN DOORS of Academy ?

                 For me education -even an elite education - is just a

    human right for ANY student who can benefit for it. I think Bill Gates

    -a college drop out - made the point in a chapter of his book devoted

    to the future of education that the computer revolution, the Internet

    has made old fashioned Ivy League " education " an effete anachronism.

    What is REALLY being pursued in affirmative action is SNOB VALUE, a

    chance for the noble privilege of looking down on others of your social

    background. Affirmative action is no threat to the social pyramid. It

    just changes faces somewhere near the bottom of the structure.

                   Like West Point which cultivates a sinister military

    elite, the Ivy League mass produces an elite for global capitalism.

                Dying to make the world safe for SNOBBERY ? Where is

    the elite institution with  A MORE JUST WORLD as its agenda ?

               A black boss, a  woman boss, a homosexual boss is still

    the boss - SAME AS THE OLD BOSS !  Nowhere does the BOTTOM LINE

    change .