If college admissions are based on merit…Jennifer Gratz wouldn’t get in anyway
For those Jennifer Gratz types who think some underserving African American is keeping them from getting into a top tier school…think again. It is probably some deserving Asian student. The NY Times, in their special Education News supplement, has some surprise news for those MCRI-types who are always bitching about merit-based admissions. If admissions are only based on merit, Asian folks are getting in.
Currently FORTY SIX PERCENT of the students at University of California Berkely are of Asian descent.
“Here, many people speak Chinese as their primary language,” says Mr. Hu, a sophomore. “It’s nice. You really feel like you don’t stand out.”
Smarting from the sting of globalization and the loss of those good ole’ industrial wage jobs, Michigan voted to end affirmative action. Voters said ‘no more preferential treatment.’
Yet, can the majority of Michigan deal with this new world order? Can white America really deal in a merit based world? One day soon, affirmative action could have saved your behind.
January 8th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
This article seems to be striking a chord among pro and anti-Affirmative Action advocates.
From Reformed Leftist (http://reformedleftist.blogspot.com)
“Chancellor Birgeneau says he finds the low proportion of blacks and Hispanics appalling [after elimination of AA there], and two years into his tenure, he has not found a remedy.” How about black students in high school adopting the academic attitude of their Asian counterparts?
Hey, you Affirmative Action proponents: In the name of achieving “diversity”, do you advocate lowering standards for whites *and* blacks, and increasing standards for Asians, to manipulate these figures to match state demographics? WHY NOT?
January 8th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
If the majority of white people voted to end affimative action because they were truly interested in equality, I could understand. The truth is, most whites voted to end affirmative action because they thought it was a program that didn’t benefit them in any way. If the trend of declining white enrollment at top universities continues, we may see the re-emergence of affirmative action. They will basically use the same defense that AA advocates use now. They will argue the need for diversity. They will plead the need to help disadvantaged groups. Only this time, it will be more inclusive of whites. If this new form of AA comes up on the ballot, no one will remember Jennifer Gratz and Ward Connerly.
No matter how you feel about AA, one thing is apparent. American kids, no matter what race you are, need to put down the video games and the cell phones and pick up a book.