G wrote: >>Because >> >>a) Diversity in schools was an issue. >> > > > If diversity is an issue, foster ways to develop school settings that appeal > to a broader set of different cultures, and then let diversity blossom. > > >>b) It was believed, and some people still believe, that the standardized >>tests were biased against non White and Asians. >> > > > Standardized tests are biased against people who don't correctly study for > and commit to memory the correct material for the tests. > > >>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. > > > If it is true that "minorities come from poor school systems", why would the > answer to the problem be focused on the admissions of universities...instead > of at the poor school systems themselves! > > >>The list goes on. >>-- > > > And the list continues to contain no valid reason for state mandated racial > profiling :)
A) I don't know what to say to this. B) Lack of funds to purchase necessary books and practice exams is a valid reason for not being able to prepare. More importantly, bias is not something that can be just overcome with test prep. An extreme example of bias would be this. You are told you are going to take a test for a position in company ABC. You go to take the test except the administrators used a dilect you can't understand. His directions are confusing. It takes you 30 minutes to realize that "Th'e" is what you always knew as "The." C) Universities do not have control over poor school systems. They have control over their admission program. In this case they would be exerting control and influence over something they can. *I can't stress this enough. Some of the most competitive state universities, including Michigan, Virginia, and UNC have some sort of AA policy. Smart people think this is a good thing. The Supreme Court thinks the smart people, under the Constitution, should be allowed to do this. -- 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. Ron Artest: Extremely flawed, very accidental, semi-martyr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Dreamweaver with Homesite Plus from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=54 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144334 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
