Interesting opinion article on admissions policy

patuxent
Fri, 04 Mar 2005 21:25:33 +0000

You know I have never been able to figure out why it is that the GM’s of professional baseball, football, basketball, soccer and hockey were only able to turn out half-a**ed teams when the DID take “into account the culture and background”. When they stopped doing that we got Bill Russels and Reggie Jacksons and Jim Browns and I would much rather watch them play then any of the teams that George Preston Marshall put on the field.

And why is it that the first time some Black man or woman doesn’t toe the party line there will be a liberal there to point out that they wouldn’t be there if it weren;t for afirmative action - whether that is true or not? Affirmative action from the minority perspective may seem necessary but from way too many white perspectives is a way of one - easing ones conscience and two - dismissing minorities as permanently handicapped lesser beings.

People can legitimately argue about what the correct ruler is to measure merit but until all merit is measured with the same ruler we will have two americas separate and unequal.