Affirmative Action

fabrizio
Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:24:40 +0000

Dys, you say that AA promotes diversity. Check out the UC system. Huge amount of Asians, Hispanics, and Blacks. And, these Hispanics and Blacks aren’t crap students either. They’re the best of the best.

Tenis, you make some ridiculous comments. The high UC Asian percentages are not “reflective” of America? Harvard doesn’t go to that “level”? Asians are represented highly in the UC system because there are a lot of them in California and they are the best students there. That’s why they get high representation WITHOUT AA. They’re simply the best. They don’t need some “diversity promoting” system to help them get where they want to go in life. They work for it, as do the Hispanics and Blacks who are in the UCs now. They all got where they are now through hard work and perseverence, not through some system that gives them extra favor in admissions.

The UC system is very diverse. Barring Asians, you’ll find more Hispanics and Blacks there than at virtually any university that practices AA. In fact, why hasn’t the UT system been mentioned more often? Check out their ethnic makeup. You’ll find more Hispanics there than at virtually any university that practices AA.

My point is as follows: affirmative action now is used to promote ethnic diversity (viz. in education). But, within the UC and UT system, it is obvious that Asians and Hispanics are represented very nicely. These systems do not employ AA and have enjoyed diversity.