G wrote: >>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. >> >> > > > You cannot fix an unfair system by making it even more unfair.
I agree the first part is unfair. Perhaps the 2nd part is unfair. The Supreme Court would disagree with you. More over, graduate programs at elite programs often have a way of weeding out the weak. Of course there are always exceptions. But poor minorities often don't have the means to make it through unless they can show at least a competent understanding of the material. Again, it would be in my personal best interest if Affirmative Action was outlawed. It's rather anti-Randian of me to support an idea that is so directly against me, but I'm Kantian so I have no regrets. -- 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. Ron Artest: Extremely flawed, very accidental, semi-martyr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144272 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
