Brown 2014 chance me?

poorplayer
Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:15:58 +0000

@gmoraes - Affirmative action is not community service :p

Although I do not live in the states I believe affirmative action is a policy in the US that applies to any schools/employers whereby they are effectively forced by law to accept/hire a certain proportion of ethnic minorities to avoid being charged with racial discrimination.
So effectively black people only compete with other black people to get in and being an ethnic minority is a huge edge in admissions. The logic behind this is that that average scores/GPAs/living standards of ethnic minorities are usually a lot lower than those of white people.

Someone please correct me if I am wrong :o - not in the states atm :p