just because it happens doesn't mean it is right. Around here they talk about the pobrecito excuse -- poor little thing. Since it's alive and well at the school my kids would attend if I didn't homeschool, I have strong feelings on the subject/
Dana On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:51:27 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > Be more racist to be for affirmative action in my opinion. > > > > Affirmative Action is not racist in that it doesn't assume, for > example, that all blacks are stupid. What it does is to try to > address a disparity, which is a good thing in principle. > > Many private schools will do this to get diversity in their student > body. For example, a 1600 SAT and 4.0 GPA won't get you into Harvard > - you need more if you're white, but maybe not if you're black. > > One institution's goals may differ from another, however. For > example, one school may want only the best and brightest and so the > measures should not include race. Another school may want a diverse > group of the best across races so they may consider race (the best > Asians, the best blacks, the best whites, etc.) > > An engineering school may not care about race, but they might want > more women so they drop a male student with better credentials in > favor of a female. > > Public schools and firms, however, should be meritocracies. You can't > legislate that though. Everyone will be discriminated for something > so if you don't get what you want somewhere, leave. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144256 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
