by janesix 10 years ago
"The complaint, filed by a coalition of 64 organizations, says the university has set quotas to keep the numbers of Asian-American students significantly lower than the quality of their applications merits. It cites third-party academic research on the SAT exam showing that Asian-Americans...
by Credence2 3 years ago
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti … f-slavery/-----------An excerpt:"On June 2, 2021, the National Football League (NFL) announced it would discontinue the use of race norming—the practice of assuming a lower baseline of cognitive abilities in Black players—in legal settlements...
by Readmikenow 2 years ago
Affirmative action is nothing but reverse racism. If affirmative action is used in college admission, it should also be used in sports. Forget a players ability, being on the team should be determined like college admissions, based on your race. It is time to get diversity in...
by mrpopo 9 years ago
Privilege is defined as “a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most.” White privilege means that there are rights, immunities or benefits enjoyed only by whites because society places whites in a higher position than minorities. Some examples of this...
by Credence2 10 years ago
To the hard core GOP type conservative/rightwinger: you're ridiculous, yes ridiculous in a Col. Klink, Stalag 13 kind of way.The GOP, hoping to get the youth vote, are attempting to pit the Baby Boomer Generation against those younger people that came afterwardsThis comes from an article in the...
by Grace Marguerite Williams 9 years ago
What is YOUR assessment of Affirmative Action? Do you believe that there should be noAffirmative Action as there are unprecedented educational, housing, & socioeconomic opportunities as never before for Blacks? Or do you believe that there should always be Affirmative Action as...