Gruss Gott 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. >
I believe the US Supreme Court has allows U of Mich to practice AA in their Law School. Of course the case was not helped because the plaintiff, if the WSJ reporting is correct, had very poor scores across the board. Rumor was that the Undergrad Admission's Affirmative Action principles would be tweaked so it would be more like the Law School and thus Constitutional. As a side, I support AA even though it represents the greatest hurdle for acceptance into the most prestigious universities for me and other Asians. Why? Because it's unfair if the only difference between a decent life and a life of indigence is opportunity. -- 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. Ron Artest: Extremely flawed, very accidental, semi-martyr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:144263 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
