If race blind admissions laws hurt admissions rate for minorities, wouldn't the solution be to better prepare minorities for college? We need to focus on the root causes for minorities not scoring well on admission criteria.
@IngeniousMeerkatSocialist3mos3MO
Do you know that 43 percent of white students admitted to Harvard got in through legacy, sons/daughters of donors/faculty or through affluent sports like Squash and Lacrosse? Does this seem like merit to you?
Onerous as it is, legacy admission to college is no more offensive than demanding millions because one's great-great-great ancestors were enslaved by their own people.
@IngeniousMeerkatSocialist3mos3MO
Yes because there have been no government policies since slavery that have adverserly affected black people. Hint - check out GI bill and racists FHA policies white americans used to build the middle class. I will give you one guess what group was excluded....
@SteadfastJerkyGreen3mos3MO
An elementary teacher friend of my wife's started her career in East Oakland at a predominantly black elementary school. She had great hopes for the impact she could have. As a white teacher she was told repeatedly that she shouldn't be teaching black kids and when, after seven years, the threats of violence from students reached the point where the teachers had to be escorted to their cars at the end of the day, she left.
@NeedfulL3gislat1veForward3mos3MO
Better be careful here, you're about to be labeled a bigot.
To prepare minorities for college (and success) would need an admission by the "Progressive" Left that culture (or lack of) is the primary driver for failure in our inner cities, not poverty. Until we begin to address the culture, no amount of Affirmative Action and DEI will bring lasting success.
@M0deratePigletLibertarian3mos3MO
how about school choice which a large amount of minorities support but the teachers unions and dems hate.
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