...The studies show that a black or Hispanic undergraduate applicant was more than 500 times likelier to be admitted to Wisconsin-Madison than a similarly qualified white or Asian applicant. The odds favoring black law school applicants over similarly qualified white applicants was 61 to 1.
The median SAT scores of black undergrads who were admitted were 150 points lower than whites or Asians, while the median Hispanic scores were roughly 100 points lower.
Absolutely revolting, and akin to a slow national suicide. If we're not educating the best and the brightest (regardless of "specialness") we are doomed.
Another thing that crossed my mind as I read this article: college kids are now taught that you're black if you "feel" black, or an Eskimo if you personally "relate" to being an Eskimo. Oy. I've seen many whites take full advantage of this idiocy by adopting all sorts of ethnic/racial identities on their paperwork; Noah and I have done it repeatedly just to screw with their stats. I think I'm a mixed-race Polynesian/Karitiâna this semester...or was that last semester? :))
ReplyDeleteA person has to fight back where they can. I'm sure others are doing this too; if it increases your likelihood of getting into school...lie through your teeth. The oh-so-important progressive schmucks that run admissions may look at your blond hair, fine features, and ice-blue eyes, but they'll NEVER say you aren't black/hispanic/whatever.
Revenge of the hobbits!
=))
"Hi. I'm your doctor. I am a minority. Aren't you thrilled knowing I made it into med school because of my skin color rather than because of my skill and abilities? I knew that would give you comfort."
ReplyDeleteI knew someone who went to school to be an x-ray technician. There was a black guy in his class who didn't bother to show up half the time. The school was going to drop him until he threatened to sue for racial discrimination. They ended up PAYING the guy to go to school. It's not that he was missing class because he needed to work to pay for it or anything, he wasn't going to class because he did not feel like going to class.
How does ANYONE think that helps anybody? And what kind of "pride" does that instil in anyone? It makes the quality of service get poorer and poorer. It does not lift anyone out of anything -- if anything, it brings everyone down into the mire.
I got to the point where I would not answer the EEO questions if that sheet had my name on it or was turned in with my application. If it was in a completely different pile, maybe I would, but otherwise, no. Even when they said "Your name is not on this paper," they would still staple that paper to your application -- telling you it was not some "blind" statistical survey.
By your (excellent) logic, Lady Red, if I were in my 20's now, and/or trying to get into school, I would play up my 1/64th(?) Susquehanna Indian blood.
ReplyDeleteAs you said, despite my blond and blue appearance.
Think it would work?
Of course, my son Gus IS 1/2 Athabascan, but has never claimed any special treatment for it, at least since he was born for free at the Alaska Native Hospital in Anchorage.