TEACHSOC: Re: example of institutional discrimination?

[Del Thomas Ph. D.]

Very good point.  The privileges of legacy are often overlooked or taken for granted if you are, or think you are among the chosen.  It is interesting that while the same challenges that have been made to affirmative action could be made to legacy few have been made. In fact we are generally protective of legacy.  After all  legacy admissions take up space too.  I seem to recall some college bragging about legacy admits... maybe higher than 15 %.  On other other hand we demean or punish the non chosen when we do not ignore them.  For example, a woman who lived in the 9th ward was interviewed on NPR the commentator said you'd need an MBA to figure out this stuff.  She replied, my sister has one and I'll get mine in the spring.  He the interviewer was thrown and the interviewee took over the interview. I expect that it is who "we" are. Del James Cassell wrote: Legacy admissions into college seems to work for my students. They can quickly grasp that groups of people who were unlikely to go to college are affected disproportionately. Then we move on to more complicated -- and for them, conflicted -- examples, like height/weight requirements for police & fire fighters, penalities for crack vs. powdered cocaine, etc. Cheers, James -----Original Message----- From: John Glass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sep 15, 2005 9:38 AM To: teachsoc@googlegroups.com Subject: TEACHSOC: example of institutional discrimination? hi i was wondering if anyone had an example of institutional discrimination that was thought to be effective in getting students to grasp the idea. if so, would you be willing to share it? i have a couple, but would like to get some new ideas. thanks john ------ James Cassell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>