| I absolutely detest online cat fights but since I'm not one to sit quiet and shut up by nature I'm posting this one rant and stopping.
Nash - If I was a non-Caucasian I would find your post offensive. I also find the premise of your post totally inaccurate. One being if I read it correctly that the only people that get accepted "practically everywhere" are people of diversity. There is only one person on Facebook that got in "practically everywhere". Yes she is a person of color - and if you google her you will see she won a prestigious national award for MT. The only other person on Facebook that did get accepted to many top programs is not a person of color.
CMU's 2008 Showcase has 19 students - 2 of color. That would reflect a percentage less than the national population for their race Also extremely talented people that I am quite certain were admitted and are now graduating from CMU strictly on their talent not their diversity.
Further whereas my D's high school (with a black population of less than 1%) cast a black Aunt Eller in Oklahoma (because she was the most talented) I am not sure at the college level how often they stray from the traditional ethnicity in casting. And if they do not, doesn't that make it harder not easier for a person of color when schools are choosing an ensemble?
Finally, I rather doubt anyone is looking to a class of 20 at a large school for a diversity balance. Rather they would be looking at the entire population of CMU for diversity - not at the Drama Department alone. |