As is becoming my habit, I posted on YouTube as well...
The title of this video is so powerful, "Affirmative Action GUARANTEES Black Underperformance." Preference is a racist affront to the dignity and potential of those who receive it. The real tragedy is that so many who should be pissed-off with affirmative action and the unassailable results, celebrate it as a "victory" for Black people. Nothing could be further from the truth. As I said in another post, either you think Black and Latino students can compete--on fully meritocratic bases--or you think they are inferior, period. Why they might be less prepared is irrelevant. Treating them like they will never measure up has no long-term positive outcome. None. Full stop.
Continuing here, in addition to my comments on YouTube, let me add this. Now, one might argue, as does another poster here, that the outcome we seek is not actual meritocratic evaluation, but membership in a network of "graduates from elite universities," that is provided simply by attending said university--regardless of one's performance therein. I admit that I am not unsympathetic to this premise. I think there is a bit of "old boy's network" going on. However, what about the (oft-cited) performance of Asian students, against those same ostensibly meritocratic rubrics? Do we think they do not want to enjoy the same membership in the so-called Old Boy's Network? Or do they actually do BOTH, i.e., perform better using the meritocratic rubrics and thereby earn admission to the elite circles? Again, unless we are admitting or positing that Black and Latino prospective students will NEVER be able to compete, contra Asians, we have no basis to continue the acceptance of preferential--and lower--standards for one group versus another.
"either you think Black and Latino students can compete--on fully meritocratic bases--or you think they are inferior, period."
"Treating them like they will never measure up has no long-term positive outcome."
The bottom line. PERFECTLY stated.
TOO often, advocates of these policies seem unaware of how much their (apparent) beliefs resemble those of actual anti-Black racists. It *should* give them pause, but never does.
I appreciate your kind words, Charles! What I do not understand is why more people do not realize what you state so tersely. "...how much their (apparent) beliefs resemble those of actual anti-Black racists." How can that (obvious to us) conclusion be so hard to see?
As is becoming my habit, I posted on YouTube as well...
The title of this video is so powerful, "Affirmative Action GUARANTEES Black Underperformance." Preference is a racist affront to the dignity and potential of those who receive it. The real tragedy is that so many who should be pissed-off with affirmative action and the unassailable results, celebrate it as a "victory" for Black people. Nothing could be further from the truth. As I said in another post, either you think Black and Latino students can compete--on fully meritocratic bases--or you think they are inferior, period. Why they might be less prepared is irrelevant. Treating them like they will never measure up has no long-term positive outcome. None. Full stop.
Continuing here, in addition to my comments on YouTube, let me add this. Now, one might argue, as does another poster here, that the outcome we seek is not actual meritocratic evaluation, but membership in a network of "graduates from elite universities," that is provided simply by attending said university--regardless of one's performance therein. I admit that I am not unsympathetic to this premise. I think there is a bit of "old boy's network" going on. However, what about the (oft-cited) performance of Asian students, against those same ostensibly meritocratic rubrics? Do we think they do not want to enjoy the same membership in the so-called Old Boy's Network? Or do they actually do BOTH, i.e., perform better using the meritocratic rubrics and thereby earn admission to the elite circles? Again, unless we are admitting or positing that Black and Latino prospective students will NEVER be able to compete, contra Asians, we have no basis to continue the acceptance of preferential--and lower--standards for one group versus another.
"either you think Black and Latino students can compete--on fully meritocratic bases--or you think they are inferior, period."
"Treating them like they will never measure up has no long-term positive outcome."
The bottom line. PERFECTLY stated.
TOO often, advocates of these policies seem unaware of how much their (apparent) beliefs resemble those of actual anti-Black racists. It *should* give them pause, but never does.
I appreciate your kind words, Charles! What I do not understand is why more people do not realize what you state so tersely. "...how much their (apparent) beliefs resemble those of actual anti-Black racists." How can that (obvious to us) conclusion be so hard to see?