I guess all that talk about systematic discrimination wasn't just blowing hot air
ya, the left found it didn't exist so they had to create it
Once again, Lokarin highlights her ignorance. I know you are not understanding my posts because of your long, documented history of comprehension and reading difficulties but I'll try again anyway...
I am very curious to know how you explain all the hard data we have that highlights the system racism in America. Please answer some questions for us to enlighten us all with your wisdom. Why are African Americans over-represented in crime statistics? Why are they more likely to get convicted, serve longer terms, and are not afforded the same respect with defense tactics, particularly "stand your ground."? Why are the nations wealthiest neighbourhoods predominantly white? Why are minorites accepted into college at lower rates? Why do they graduate at lower rates?
Just because a specific subset of people commit more crimes than average doesnt mean that the system is designed for that subset to commit more crimes...
Oh, so you are saying black people are more likely to be criminals. That is false and racist. Look at a global picture and you will not see more black criminals. By your logic, Americans would be considered the most criminal demographic in the entire world since they have the most "criminals" incarcerated.
No, you just said that. I didnt say anything of the sort. Just because you choose a subset that promotes your ideologies doesnt even make that subset valid.
Heres a shocker for you: Only those concerned about race are racists! Race doesnt even exist anymore for the most part. Caucasians are no longer from the Caucasus, African-Americans are not from Africa or sometimes even America, and Hispanics were never from Hispaniola. Theres too much moving around and a lot of mixing together of DNA that dividing people by race is what is racist.
People are in jail. Why? Maybe because they committed crimes? If theres too many in jail, like the enormous numbers in American prisons, maybe a criminal reform is merited, but one that is blind to race and doesnt just let people off because they are disenfranchised. ---
Que sera, sera. Whatever happens, happens. ...and he was never heard from again.
So basically another form of affirmative action pushed by leftists to justify racist and classist admissions.
Blaqthourne posted...
It'd be intersting to see what happens if all the "privileged" kids all decide to only take the ACT.
I've known adcoms my entire life, and they're very sneaky people. If they see that you took the ACT, and interview you, they'll try to suss you out and assign some BS like a "personality score" that takes into account that you're probably from a privileged background. Basically insidious tactics to circumvent being called out for the racists/sexists/classists that leftist adcoms usually are.
Right, affirmative action is racist, makes sense.
The significant factual statistics highlighting the inordinate amount of difficulties racial minorities experience only point to one thing - the lack of systemic racism. Affirmative action is just giving racial minorities MORE handouts, amirite?
It is racist, how is it not?
I don't understand dumbass liberals that think racism is ok if it is positive
The only thing that should matter is merit, the best person for the job should get the job regardless of race, the best students should get into schools regardless of their race, etc.
You are right, the only thing that should matter is merit. Except people's lives don't exist is some kind of vacuum free of society. An individual's merit must be determined in our highly radicalized society - one that sees minorities accepted in universities at lower rates, graduate at lower rates, and otherwise struggle to engage with Eurocentric education systems that sit in racially divided society.
We agree that the only thing that is important is a student's merit. You just seem to think white people getting advantages in white-dominated society isn't connected to race when, statistically, we have proven otherwise. It is funny that you advocate for equality in education yet you ignore what any respectable leading academic is saying. The only people saying affirmative action isn't correcting a historical wrong are racists who operate at the fringe of their discipline.
Meritocracy is fundamentally not racist
Race doesn't matter, just how smart/skilled/competent you are, so people of any race can succeed, unless you are saying black people can't compete with white people without affirmative action ---
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