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That's hardly their main focus. Go to https://www.aclu.org/ https://www.aclu.org/ and click Issues. LGBT Rights are just one of 18 top level issues (many broken

by tghw 10y ago

That's hardly their main focus. Go to https://www.aclu.org/ https://www.aclu.org/ and click Issues. LGBT Rights are just one of 18 top level issues (many broken down into many more related issues). I love the EFF, but they don't cover voting rights, disability rights, immigration rights, racial justice, etc.

matt_wulfeck 10y ago
They have a lot of pokers in the civil liberty fire, and I really do wish them success in all of them. However as you (and probably many others here) are now supporters you'll start receiving the newsletter which outlines your local chapters focus, recent successes, and new battles. You can make a decision to continue supporting the organization or switch to something you believe personally is more important.
cabalamat 10y ago
> racial justice According to https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/affirmative-action https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/affirmative-actio... they support discrimination against white people: > Affirmative action is one of the most effective tools for redressing the injustices caused by our nation’s historic discrimination against people of color and women, and for leveling what has long been an uneven playing field. This is bad for two reasons 1. is is immoral in principle 2. it is bad politics; attitudes like this make it more likely that Trump will win a 2nd term
- coldpie 10y ago
  Affirmative action is not discrimination against white people.
  - lol214365 10y ago
    Preferring non-whites to whites is not discrimination?
    - igor47 10y ago
      Blacks make up almost 13% of the US population (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_Unit...) but only about 3% of the population in top-tier schools in the US (http://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2015/12/20/diversity-at-top-colleges-heres-the-proof/#34c4870c5e5b http://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2015/12/20/diversity-at...). Now, to me, this doesn't really seem like preferring non-whites to whites. Why does it seem that way to you?
      - belorn 10y ago
        Top-tier schools is a proxy for family wealth and African Americans do not hold 13% of the US wealth. If the state stopped all social security, health care, and other benefits to white people, it would also bring similar result as affirmative action. Would it make the world a better place and more equal opportunity?
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by tghw 10y ago

matt_wulfeck 10y ago

They have a lot of pokers in the civil liberty fire, and I really do wish them success in all of them. However as you (and probably many others here) are now supporters you'll start receiving the newsletter which outlines your local chapters focus, recent successes, and new battles. You can make a decision to continue supporting the organization or switch to something you believe personally is more important.

cabalamat 10y ago

> racial justice According to https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/affirmative-action https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/affirmative-actio... they support discrimination against white people: > Affirmative action is one of the most effective tools for redressing the injustices caused by our nation’s historic discrimination against people of color and women, and for leveling what has long been an uneven playing field. This is bad for two reasons 1. is is immoral in principle 2. it is bad politics; attitudes like this make it more likely that Trump will win a 2nd term

coldpie 10y ago
Affirmative action is not discrimination against white people.
- lol214365 10y ago
  Preferring non-whites to whites is not discrimination?
  - igor47 10y ago
    Blacks make up almost 13% of the US population (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_Unit...) but only about 3% of the population in top-tier schools in the US (http://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2015/12/20/diversity-at-top-colleges-heres-the-proof/#34c4870c5e5b http://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2015/12/20/diversity-at...). Now, to me, this doesn't really seem like preferring non-whites to whites. Why does it seem that way to you?
    - belorn 10y ago
      Top-tier schools is a proxy for family wealth and African Americans do not hold 13% of the US wealth. If the state stopped all social security, health care, and other benefits to white people, it would also bring similar result as affirmative action. Would it make the world a better place and more equal opportunity?
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