Any Hispanics accepted in Harvard?

APDoolittle
Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:21:10 +0000

It’s extremely necessary to do cross-cultural research on African Americans and say, Jewish people, for example. You will notice a completely different mindset due to their particularly different histories and experiences. Their culture, in part, dictates their outlook on life and the value they place on essential issues such as education. You absolutely cannot expect that one group’s actions are justifiable over - or even comparable to - another group’s action b/c you have unfortunately neglected the culture aspect! For example, it is very well known from studies that the Eastern Culture (particularly the Oriental culture) is a lot more group-centered than their independence-oriented Western counterparts. Thus, for example, one cannot judge the Chinese solely on Western standards b/c their outlook on life is vastly different. One cannot assert that just because one group was able to educate itself, that another group is lacking or even inferior. It just doesn’t work that way. I believe context is the most important factor, that you seem to have overlooked. Statistics - all your numbers and figures - mean very little unless they are substantiated with contextual evidence and seen in a comparative light - not a narrowminded one.

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