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US Ponders Including Minority Advantages for Arab-Americans

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Posted by Bobby 2012-05-30 05:57|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 I love the idea.
Abdul Abullbull tipper
Now where is the dosh, kuffar?

Posted by tipper 2012-05-30 06:40|| 2012-05-30 06:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Jizya.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-05-30 07:13|| 2012-05-30 07:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Wonder if American citizens should start "discriminating" against commerce department staff?
Reciprocation is the foundation of civilisation after all.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-05-30 07:14|| 2012-05-30 07:14|| Front Page Top

#4 The Commerce Department is considering naming Arab Americans a socially and economically disadvantaged minority group that is eligible for special business assistance, The Hill reported Tuesday.

This has absolutely nothing to do, nothing at all to do I tell you with the upcoming election.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-05-30 07:29|| 2012-05-30 07:29|| Front Page Top

#5 And this whole program isn't racist?

Posted by CrazyFool 2012-05-30 08:05|| 2012-05-30 08:05|| Front Page Top

#6 No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. - 14th Amendment

The latter suspended by the federal judiciary for 'social justice'. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" - George Orwell, Animal Farm

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-05-30 08:18|| 2012-05-30 08:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Per the 'guidelines' that are driving this nonsense, in the late 1700s we would have minority advantages for Germans.

In the mid-1800s for Irish.

In the later 1800s for Italians, then Polish, then Serbians, then Chinese, the Japanese.

In the early 1900s for Jews and Russians.

In the 1980s for Laotians, Vietnamese and Haitians.

And so on.

Minorities in every society can have it rough. It's not right, but we haven't gone about creating affirmative action programs for all of them, either.

Posted by Steve White 2012-05-30 08:37|| 2012-05-30 08:37|| Front Page Top

#8 One more way for the government to waste money and take away more freedoms. Nothing to see here citizen. Move along.

Posted by DarthVader 2012-05-30 09:17|| 2012-05-30 09:17|| Front Page Top

#9 How To Comment
You may submit comments, identified with Docket No. 120517080-2080-01, using any of the following methods:
Mail, Hand/Delivery/Courier: Ms. Josephine Arnold, Chief Counsel, Minority Business
Development Agency, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Room
5093, Washington, DC 20230.
Electronic mail: Submit comments in Microsoft Word or .pdf format to
AAComments@mbda.gov.
All comments will be posted on the MBDA website at http://www.mbda.gov.

Posted by Bobby 2012-05-30 09:28|| 2012-05-30 09:28|| Front Page Top

#10 Another screaming victim group yelling for "gimmes?" I'm shocked.

Posted by JohnQC 2012-05-30 10:06|| 2012-05-30 10:06|| Front Page Top

#11 Caucasians are in the minority now. I think they should get minority status.

Posted by gorb 2012-05-30 14:08|| 2012-05-30 14:08|| Front Page Top

#12 #11 Caucasians are in the minority now. I think they should get minority status.
Posted by gorb

It is a "status" in parts of Africa you would not want for yourself or your family.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-05-30 16:17|| 2012-05-30 16:17|| Front Page Top

#13 Some of Barry's caesars and loyalists have promised such a status.

Hey, I'm in the private sector, i can haz minor itty stats?

Posted by swksvolFF 2012-05-30 19:03|| 2012-05-30 19:03|| Front Page Top

#14 the Tower of Babel is complete

Posted by jack salami 2012-05-30 19:05|| 2012-05-30 19:05|| Front Page Top

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