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It is quite simple: African Americans make up 14% of the population of this country. They should also make up at least 14% of every school, business, neighborhood, etc. This formula should be consistent for all ethnic group members paying taxes. When this happens the United States of America will be the beacon of light for the rest of the world she has long claimed to be.

People who vote "no" are afraid to lose something they don't really have. "Blacks will take our jobs," "Mexicans are stealing our jobs" are common themes heard in this debate. One must first ask what qualifies one American more deserving of a job than another? Are these people saying non-whites are not American? Just what qualifies one as an American? Is it how long one has lived here? If so, then African Americans should follow the Native Americans (Mexicans are included in this group)and the English. Notice how many places in this country have Spanish names. With that logic everybody else from anywhere in Europe should be let into school after all the African Americans and Latinos have their Ph d's. Should access to wealth be determined by hard work? Who has worked harder, longer, and with no, or very little compensation?

The word "ethnic" is used here in place of "race" because it has been scientifically confirmed that all people are the same genetic makeup. The term "race" was invented to separate and exploit. Most people arriving on Ellis Island first heard this term when they learned that the United States functioned on a caste system based on a hierarchy of human value determined by many different variables. The hardest variable to overcome has been skin tone, hair type and facial features. The concept of race is not real but racism is. It is a stain on the moral fiber of this great land with repercussions that no one escapes.

Once a student makes it to college, or better yet kindergarten, historical truth about minority contributions to this great nation would go along way in removing the need to pose this controversial question in the first place.

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