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Talk:Affirmative Action President (view source)
Revision as of 03:13, July 3, 2008
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But I'm still unenlightened. I thought what I added was relevant to Conservapedia's definition of an "affirmative action president" as having an advantage based on "race or gender", as stated at the beginning of the article, followed by the assertion that no President has had such an advantage up to now. Also, back when women and blacks couldn't vote, does that mean they could still have a reasonable chance of getting elected? And I thought I knew something about history.[[User:Pluto|Pluto]] 22:50, 2 July 2008 (EDT)
But I'm still unenlightened. I thought what I added was relevant to Conservapedia's definition of an "affirmative action president" as having an advantage based on "race or gender", as stated at the beginning of the article, followed by the assertion that no President has had such an advantage up to now. Also, back when women and blacks couldn't vote, does that mean they could still have a reasonable chance of getting elected? And I thought I knew something about history.[[User:Pluto|Pluto]] 22:50, 2 July 2008 (EDT)
:Sir, is that statement correct? Women were granted the right to vote by the 18th amendment to the constitution. I'm no American so perhaps I'm wrong but if someone isn't on the electoral roll, how could they possibly stand for office.[[user:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]]
:Sir, is that statement correct? Women were granted the right to vote by the 18th amendment to the constitution. I'm no American so perhaps I'm wrong but if someone isn't on the electoral roll, how could they possibly stand for office.[[user:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]]
::Good question. It was actually the Nineteenth Amendment that allowed women the right to vote in 1920, and many African-Americans couldn't vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Before the American Civil War, only a few New England states allowed blacks an equal right to vote. Illinois and Indiana had laws excluding free blacks from their states. Other free states excluded blacks from skilled occupations and wouldn't allow them to serve on juries.[[User:Pluto|Pluto]] 23:13, 2 July 2008 (EDT)