I love affirmative action

frrrph
Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:20:45 +0000

I’m from extremely poor conditions, yes, and if I weren’t I hope I still wouldn’t be self-occupied enough not to realize I’ve had it easier than many, many other people that would be a very positive influence on college and society were they to get accepted.

Haha, I’m sorry, but there’s a reason minorities fare less well in school and on standardized tests: white culture, viewpoints and language predominate. Who gets to be defined as “intelligent” or an “intellectual”? These are extremely subjective qualities traditionally defined through a white, bourgeoisie lens. Also, I assume you’ve never heard of the Pygmallion effect?