Affirmative Action

[Don Corleone]

Don't hold back, Pindar, tell us how you really feel. I don't think I've ever seen the Master of the Horse use such strong language.

I agree that AA is not the answer. I understand and agree with all of the arguments against it. And yet, there remains the fact that those people who identify themselves as African American see a decline in their enrollments when AA is forbidden. The answer must be in seeking to solve the cause, not the symptom. But how do you encourage an entire cultural identity group to value education more and work with their children. The single biggest component to the success or failure of a child in the American educational system is parental involvement, yet it's the one that gets the least amount of focus.

[Keba]

IIRC, didn't the U.S. Supreme Court rule such things as unconstitutional? Or was that university quotas? Been a while since that particular lecture.

Oh, and it's a despicable practice, it is discrimination just like any other, and, as such, must be abolished.

[Crazed Rabbit]

No, the SCOTUS found affirmative action (specifically a Michigan Uni IIRC) not unconstitutional, though I don't recall specifics.

But either way, this is racism; they are choosing people based on their race.

Vote it down.

CR

[Pindar]

Don't hold back, Pindar, tell us how you really feel. I don't think I've ever seen the Master of the Horse use such strong language.

Hehe, I'm feeling a bit saucy.

I agree that AA is not the answer. I understand and agree with all of the arguments against it. And yet, there remains the fact that those people who identify themselves as African American see a decline in their enrollments when AA is forbidden.

Irrelevant. The government's job is not to bolster false categories or to foster undeserved standing. University education is not compulsory. If an individual does not have the wherewithal to pass muster so be it.

The answer must be in seeking to solve the cause, not the symptom. But how do you encourage an entire cultural identity group to value education more and work with their children.

It is not the government's job to encourage an entire cultural* identity group anything. The government should only concern itself with the individual qua citizen.



*I also reject the idea pigment is cultural.