Dana wrote: > the theory I believe was that due to racism blacks were not meeting > admission criteria. > > Dana > > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:56:16 -0400, Angel Stewart > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Forgive me if I'm ignorant here, but why was Affirmative Action in the United >>States started in the first place? >> >>-Gel >>
Because a) Diversity in schools was an issue. b) It was believed, and some people still believe, that the standardized tests were biased against non White and Asians. c) To try to even out the unfair playing field. As minorities come from poor school systems and don't have access to college prep programs. The list goes on. -- 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:5:144320 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
