Larry posted the results of the study that sent out resumes where the ones with non white sounding names but identical resumes were refused the interview.
You're just unwilling to face the truth. You put forward the completely disingenuous front that non white people in America have the same oppurtunities and acceptance as white people. Yet a black man driving an expensive car is far more likely to get pulled over than a white man driving that same car. But you deny that all this racism has any effect on the psyche of those discriminated against. You also try to deny that America's racist past has any bearing on it's present and future, which is patently ridiculous. >No, you don't, because it doesn't happen and even if some idiot did try that, >your applicant certainly had 2 or 3 other schools that accepted him; >if he/she didn't then she wasn't well qualified. Do you think it's a problem that your country's President got into Yale because of preferential treatment because of the 'Legacy' rule? Do you think someone with better grades was denied a chance to enter that school because your President was let in due to his last name? You want an example of a Case that shows how racism can negatively affect non whites in your country's education system? Take the case of Davis Vs the State of California. As you know, California's adoption of Proposition 209 effectively ended Affirmative Action in it's school programs.Schools that were predominantly Non White were only given 3 or 4 Advanced Placement programs, whilst schools with 70% or more White Attendance had over 14 AP classes and over 45 AP subjects. Advanced placement allows students who show excellent academic ability to get credit toward the top Universities and allows easier entry into top Universities in America. And before you say it, yes, the black students were HIGHLY qualified and HIGHLY intelligent and this was known.But they simply were not given the same oppurtunities that their White counterparts had for Advanced Placement.What you have is an example of institutional and systemic marginalisation of Non Whites and those from lower income brackets from attaining excellence in the US school system, which will therefore translate to performance in the job market. But you are blind or have forced yourself to be blinded to all this evidence infront you and insist that there is some 'level playing field' where Non whites and whites have the same oppurtunities.You do not educate yourself at all about the other side, and what non whites have to face in your country. You seem content to wallow in your dreamlike ignorance of the realities occuring in your country, and bring that inability to face reality to this discussion. I'm surprised you aren't a Bush supporter. -Gel -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] It's not stacked against minorities - as I've said a bazillion times, just look at the numbers. Do you have a single example of any minority that's been well qualified for a spot at a top university and turned down due to race? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:145445 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
