And John, your experience at the university includes being at the university as a person of color from a disadvantaged background as a freshman undergrad?
I find your immediate presupposition to judge others perspectives and experiences which you don't share to be offensive and would have expected better from someone who faces challenges from systemic societal discrimination of a different kind. I find it distressing that you equate the experience of going to a community college in order to be admitted as comparable to being admitted to the general college when the statistics show that students admitted to general college are far more likely to get a four year degree than students who start at a community college and then transfer. Why burn down this bridge? David Strand Loring Park > John Erwin writes: > > "I found Council Member Johnson-Lee's comments > regarding the elimination > of General College at the University of Minnesota > offensive. Give me a > break! She calls the desire to eliminate the General > College elitist and racist. She clearly does not > know what she is talking about, hasn't taken the > time to talk to someone who does..." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
