Yes, it is an unfair system. However, it's a system designed to offset a bigoted world. I would love it if we didn't need a system like AA; however, it's apparently still needed. When this issue first came up, I think I linked an article that showed schools that had done away with their AA program had significantly lower numbers of black students, despite being in areas with a high black population. Yes it sucks. It sucks that we live in a world where we have to play games like this with the system in order to combat prejudice.
On a slightly related note, I recently read an article that mentioned that college admissions are now biased towards male applicants because better qualified female applicants significantly outnumber them. Apparently, if the admissions offices didn't provide opportunites for men, the universities would apparently be about 75% women students. Talk about a societal shift. -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 10:00 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: CNN Breaking News > > > It is some people's opinion, including mine, that programs > like Affirmative Action create racism by allowing bigots to > point at the program and claim that people who are not > qualified get in while perfectly qualified white people don't. > > I am not saying this is correct, I am saying that Affirmative > Action does breed racism, every body has heard stories about > loosing a job or not getting a promotion because the > under-qualified black guy got it. > > I don't think Affirmative Action is the answer, I don't think > it correctly treats the disease, only a symptom, and overt > treating of this symptom progresses the disease. > > The education and justice systems in this country seem to be > racist, not everywhere, but a lot of places have problems. > Affirmative Action was a program put in place to try to make > up for these problems. However, it treats the problem after > the damage is done. > > We have to fix the real problems. > > Just my 2 cents :) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 10:52 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: CNN Breaking News > > > > Wasn't affirmative action meant to prevent Racist whites > from stopping > > blacks from entering Universities, getting jobs etc. ? > > > > Isn't the whole thing based around the principle that you > must have a > > certain amount of non-white people in your University etc. > > > > AFAIK Racism is still alive and kicking in the United > States....so I > > don't see why there is an undercurrent of dissent that wishes to do > > away with affirmative action. I don't think that all the > people that > > want this are racist...but if the problem has not been > removed...why > > remove the cure? > > > > Of course it would be perfect if everyone got hired on merit. And a > > black person and a white person could compete and the black > would get > > through based on Merit....but hey that's just not the real > world..it > > isn't America...or in most cases Europe either. So there > needs to be a > > remedy. > > > > One could try to talk around the problem all one > wants...but the fact > > remains that Blacks are underpriviliged and marginalised in the US. > > > > If not affirmative action..then what? > > > > -Gel > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Whoo-hoo! Finally a bit of sanity. > > > > larry > > > > > >-- U.S. Supreme Court rules 5-4 to uphold University of Michigan's > > >affirmative action policy in law school admissions. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
