<p>Do white males have more career opportunities than African-American males?</p>
<p>yall are beating up on laterdaysluke, when some of you dont know how it feels to be reverse discriminated
i never qualified for aid cuz of race because im indian and that doesnt count as a minority. sure im in a lower income bracket than most that are getting aid, but still im not black and i cant check that box. we need to give that kind of merit to african americans, they need to rise up in the world if we really are to have an equal society
the only way to rise is education...let them gain a foot in society, maybe then we can loosen affirmative action and all,
then again, johnson's entire plan was very modern in nature--cure society now for the hurts done by the past</p>
<p>"Do white males have more career opportunities than African-American males?"</p>
<p>Well, it's clearly not right, but look how oppressed African-Americans have been throughout history. The need for affirmative action is obvious, in my eyes.</p>
<p>I must admit...I am not sure what makes race such a different issue from "athletes, people planning to major in a certain field, cheerleaders, etc"</p>
<p>Race is such a delicate topic...I guess it must be looked at "backwards." If there was a scholarship for only white people I think it would be wrong. If there was a scholarship for only straight people it would be wrong. But if there was a scholarship for Drill team instead of chearleaders, no one would complain. Once again this is difficult to put the differences in words.</p>
<p>Eclipsed- If any certain group were given "extra help"( be it extra points on their sat scores or special awards...) when getting into college. They would get into a harder college than they would have if they hadn't been given special help. In most cases they will do poorly and fail in this harder college. In the end does that really help them?</p>
<p>Ok... there are many of all-white scholarships.</p>
<p>There are scholarships for people of greek descent, scholarships for people of french descent... so, there are also scholarships for people of african decent...</p>
<p>What is the big deal?</p>
<p>Andrew D- We're not talking about throughout history. We're talking about NOW. If an African-American's great, great grandfather was oppressed, how would that affect his life today? Today would he be any less privileged than, a white person who's great, great grandfather had been oppresed?</p>
<p>davidrune- On the Sat's can you check a box that says you are white and want to be eligible for a "national achievement award" for white people?</p>
<p>I'm not talking about the NAP award, but other awards.</p>
<p>But why are certain races so underprivileged that they get their own award option box right there on the sat?</p>
<p>small correction***psat</p>
<p>Would it matter, if it were elsewhere? Should they have to take another test?</p>
<p>It's not that the races are so underprivileged, it's that they statistically, as a whole, do not perform well enough to compete for the National Merit Scholarship.</p>
<p>No, I'm saying that, If everyone should be equal why don't we all have equal award chances, and equal award boxes to check?</p>
<p>David Rune you have a good point: "There are scholarships for people of greek descent, scholarships for people of french descent..."</p>
<p>My new revelation is that African American better be nationality and not race. The same way that a black or white person could be of Greek descent, a black or white person must be considered for African descent. My problem was the instant disqualification for being "white," when really the NAP just required I was of African descent and not neccesarily black. I don't think nationalityfalls under discrimination.</p>
<p>We don't have equal award chances because in order to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship you have to score in the top like 2% of the nation on the psat and how many blacks and hispanics do that? Very few, therefore it is inherently unequal.</p>
<p>Do they not score well because of the color of their skin?</p>
<p>iheartvassar, you're arguing this point the wrong way. The fact that African-Americans underperform and their right to having scholarships are two different issues. </p>
<p>And laterdaysluke, I didn't take the PSATs so I dont' know how the form looks like. But I know that the Yale form asks for (Black/African-American). I have heard of white South Africans checking off African-American. And this is because they ARE african-american.</p>
<p>Not because of the color of their skin, but look at the facts: a big percentage of blacks and hispanics live in lower-income schools and neighborhoods and do not have the same educational opportunities as others and therefore do not perform as well on standardized tests. They're looking at minorities as a whole, not each individual who happens to be a minority.</p>
<p>The fact that African-Americans underperform is why they have their own scholarship.</p>