US Supreme Court has Mixed Ruling on Affirmative Action

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Posted by LiquidX on Jun-26-2003 16:23:

I think its not fair how they qualify latins in here. Im a white, If im walking down the street no one will be able to notice that IM hispanic.. but just by been hispanic Im put down. Im not ashamed been hispanic but hey... it aint fair how one will be giving more access then others. And theres soemthing thats kind of funny. In my school, the top 5 kids in the class, were hispanics, so are the most of the kids in my local universities. I know lots of smart hispanics, minorities that, are in the top 10%, but just by been a minority, they were not accepted, and really that kind of got me mad. I dont find it fair to give extra points also, but to give it equal chances as any white boy. Know what I mean?!?!..

Posted by Shakka on Jun-26-2003 16:29:

The best solution to me would seem to be not to even mention race on an application. Just do away with it and don't concern the universities with it. Male/Female is fine, but is it really any of the school's business? Schools are for academics--race/ethnicity shouldn't be important. Also, what is to happen to all of the 'special interest' scholarships and grants given away to minorities every year? Isn't that a bit unfair to us whities?

Posted by occrider on Jun-26-2003 17:25:

Everything is unfair to everybody ... sheesh, just like Shakkra said, leave the box where it says race unchecked.

Posted by DrUg_Tit0 on Jun-26-2003 18:26:

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Originally posted by MisterOpus1
I'm not quite sure exactly where to stand on this. Me being more liberal, I tend to view affirmative action as an opportunity for the minority to receive the same chances as the majority in general race and population terms, which is why I believe it was created and still maintained. However, in it's core it is reverse racism, which is truly difficult to justify.

If affirmative action is to be eliminated for college level entries, then I would say that other profiling measures must be eliminated as well - and that includes gender status and especially prior family members being Alums. So that means that race would no longer be an issue to entrance, as well as daddy graduating from the same school that I am applying to (*cough* *cough* *Bush Jr.* *cough* *cough*). You think this New England Brat would have gotten into Yale on his high school status if it weren't for daddy Bush being a Yale Alum? Funny how he seemingly overlooked that part when he endorsed his anti-affirmative action view towards the Supreme Court.

Are you saying Bush got bonus points for college because his dad went to the same college? WTF?? Is that how the american college system works???

Posted by Shakka on Jun-26-2003 18:30:

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Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0
Are you saying Bush got bonus points for college because his dad went to the same college? WTF?? Is that how the american college system works???

I doubt that's quite how it works in every situation, but I bet that at age 18, having a dad who was an alum and potential big donor(He wasn't even near presidential status yet) was a good credential to have.

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