By the by, I just happened across an NYT article that presents some evidence for your point of view:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/opinion/19douthat.html I still think that class is more important than either race or poverty because it combines the two. But I do admit that it is difficult to define, so doesn't meet your "cut and dried" criteria. I just don't think that there may be an appropriate cut and dried criteria in this situation. Judah On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "If you are talking about affirmative action in college admissions, I think > your example doesn't really apply." > > College is just an example. > > And it does apply, at least in my opion. > > "Really intelligent poor white kids tend to get into good colleges as well. > I got into a top private college in spite of being poor and white." > > Sure. And a lot don't. A lot end up going to jail since they can't stand > the tedium of blue collar work and crime seems an easy way out. I know > quite a few. > > And, what about the intelligent poor white kid versus the really intelligent > white kid? Or the average white kid? Or the dumb white kid? > > Economics give a clear cut boundary. It removes bias. > > J > > - > > I never thought this day would happen. . . . I wont have to work on > putting gas in my car. I wont have to work at paying my mortgage. You know. > If I help him, hes gonna help me. - Peggy Jos > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323289 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
