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Three Professors Set the Record Straight on Affirmative Action for College

Category: African-American Related
Posted: February 01

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Female, 51, Coleman, FL

Posted February 01

"....assumes that whites generally are qualified for admission, and by default, blacks and Latinos generally are not. This ignores the historical advantage and protected access whites continue to hold via admissions preferences for legacies and children of donors, among other channels ? hidden affirmative action for the privileged group. It also ignores the well-documented evidence from experimental psychology, developed by Claude Steele and Joshua Aronson involving the phenomena of stereotype threat, boost and lift...."

that's it in a nutshell.

also, will that mean that the higher learning institutions will not be asking for monies for minorities?
and how much more expensive will the cost be for the impoverished?
and the gov't gon get filthy rich via student loans....assuming those that owe can get a job to pay the loans back.

what a vicious cycle.

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vh47

Male, Age Private, Park Forest, IL

Posted February 02

New controversy brewing over an old bill signed into law by Rick Perry that allows illegal immigrants to attend Texas colleges at in-state tuition rates.

The bill signed into law in 2001 allows illegal immigrants to get in-state tuition so long as they intend to apply for permanent residency, but who's checking to make sure they go through with the process?

According to the governor during the last election-debate it's the Texas Education Agency, but Andy Kiesling with Texas Higher Education says that's not quite right. "There's no provision in the statute that requires follow up."

It's something that Alipac's William Gheen thinks is just part of a hidden movement to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants.

"It's quite obvious that you've got some very powerful big business groups in Texas that love their illegal aliens and want more of them."

This,the foreign student visa and the proposed Dream Act should be factored into this argument as well.Whites have done everything in their power to tear down Affirmative Action and Civil Rights since their inception , What amazes me tho is their arrogance,they will be a minority by 2050 and the very laws they are trying to destroy today may be in need in future generations to protect them.

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baldman40

Male, Age Private, Smyrna, GA

Posted February 03

It seems like to me that you would only need Affirmative Action if you believe that Whites somehow have an UNFAIR advantage over Blacks and other minorities in this 21 century.

Coming from a two parent home is NOT an unfair advantage.

That is a CHOICE people make for the most part. AA cannot remedy a 70% out of wedlock birth rate.......which is the major cause of poverty......which lead to problems in school......which lead to not being prepared for college and the work force.

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Female, 23, Houston, TX

Posted February 03

baldman40

Male, Age Private, Smyrna, GA

c/s.. so many problems stem from that which we can no longer ignore

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vh47

Male, Age Private, Park Forest, IL

Posted February 03

CLOSED

Female, 23, Houston, TX

c/s.. so many problems stem from that which we can no longer ignore

Affirmative Actions role today should be to prevent White college Admissions from excluding students based on race,gender or sexuality,anything else would be a quota system.Since there is concrete proof America is not color blind there is no justification for doing away with Affirmative Action .

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