<p>Race shouldn’t even be on the fill in box for applications, colleges should just look at how qualified the students are, and the most qualified will get the spots, and whatever their race is, thats what it will be.</p>
<p>^ True, race should only be taken note of after the kid has enrolled (for the obvious diversity seeking prospective students). Unfortunately there’s still racists like comiclover who think minorities are crippled and are entitled to a college that’s above them.</p>
<p>to thread title:</p>
<p>i love it!!! i can’t get enough of it!!!</p>
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<p>kind of like being born poor and black in the inner-city. or poor and white in the country. rich people get so much better schooling in this country. it’s crazy. and it’s not even just that. when your parents don’t give a crap (in jail, doin drugs etc.), you are p. unlikely to receive motivation to do well in school and succeed.</p>
<p>My cousin is part Native American through her father’s side. She had to get birth certificates in order to prove that she was indeed descended from a Native American. I have always wondered why people who claim African American on applications do not have to prove their African heritage.</p>
<p>“Unfortunately there’s still racists like comiclover who think minorities are crippled and are entitled to a college that’s above them.”</p>
<p>Uh what?</p>
<p>I never said anything like that. =/ Besides, you don’t even know my race or my thoughts on the matter since I haven’t even posted my opinion about affirmative action.</p>
<p>If you are talking about my comment on using ‘hardships’ as a way to decide who should get in or not, I was criticizing her/him on choosing something that is nearly impossible to measure objectively.</p>
<p>The only other things I have said on this thread is that I’d prefer not to go to an all white school but I also wouldn’t want to go to a historically black college. I like racial diversity. </p>
<p>So you are obviously mistaken. I am a little miffed that you call me a racist. So immature.</p>
<p>“do not have to prove their African heritage.”</p>
<p>That’s kinda hard.</p>
<p>skybax, For most African-Americans, people can take one look at us and know we’re Black. For Native Americans, people may think they’re Latino, Middle Eastern, Indian (from the country India), or Caucasian with an olive skin complexion. It may be hard for people to say, “Oh, she’s Native American without a doubt.” The manner that most African-Americans’ ancestors were brought to America, it’s very difficult or may be impossible for us to trace back to our African ancestors. I’m not sure if slaves were even well-documented.</p>
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Qualified people will not be denied. Usually. </p>
<p>legal_immi, this is your third thread on the same topic. What do you want us to say?</p>
<p>he’s crazzzzzzzzzzzzzzy!</p>
<p>Well, personally speaking, the idea of a certain group of people having to achieve less than another group of people is absolutely horrid. If a URM really is qualified to be in a college/occupation, then I don’t see a reason why colleges/jobs would not accept them. If a person truly is qualified, then there should be no problem. I mean, there’s no reason that certain groups have to work harder, have more accomplishments and make more of themselves to be chosen for college/jobs. Each person has the same opportunities to make something of themselves…why make it easier for some and harder for others…?</p>
<p>This thread isn’t really on topic for the College Life Forum, so I’ll close it with a link the newly update FAQ and discussion thread on the College Admissions Forum </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/858679-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-7-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/858679-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-7-a.html</a> </p>
<p>where the first several posts are mostly links to official factual information about this contentious issue. Feel free to join the discussion there if you like civil, thoughtful, on-topic discussion.</p>