<p>Does anyone else find it quite tiresome to be labeled an insensitive bigot for the mere mention of racial disparities in college admissions?</p>
<p>remember, under the first amendment you have the right to say anything you want within reason, but social organizations have the right to portray what you said as unreasonable and then sue the pants off of you. Learn to keep your head down so you don’t get targetted by nazi-activists.</p>
<p>I’ll keep that in mind…</p>
<p>Ok then don’t complain when your class is full of asian males. Believe it or not, there is more to life and success than SAT scores and GPAs.</p>
<p>fmo: No one is going to dispute your last statement. To me, separate sets of standards is akin to a de-facto quota system, a true indication of reverse discrimination.</p>
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<p>Don’t throw around the word nazi, buddy. It makes you seem like an idiot.</p>
<p>I do too. The admission for the HS I attend is based on a single test and due the majority of Asians and Caucasians at my school, the test suddenly became labeled as racist.</p>
<p>I’m Asian. But I definitely support affirmative action. It might not help me (and any Asian) college admissions wise. But I have been VERY aware of affirmative action for many years. I found it to be a motivating force for me throughout high school … giving me a competitive drive to make myself stand out … knowing that I’m at a disadvantage. I feel it made me stronger.</p>
<p>It’d make more sense if AA was socioeconomically based. I don’t think it’ll affect me to the point were I’m rejected a spot, but its system rewards people for the wrong reasons.</p>
<p>AA = stabbing darwin in the back</p>
<p>oops, was that racist?</p>
<p>social darwinism is for losers</p>
<p>AA isn’t meritocratic, but neither is letting in first-gen college students, athletes, students with good ECs, students with good essays, legacies, etc.</p>
<p>I’d say that having legacy admissions with no affirmative action would be racist.</p>
<p>What do you guys think about URM legacies?</p>
<p>they have a good chance of getting in</p>
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<p>You carry the mindset of the people who created AA. Thanks, all-American Texan.</p>
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<p>Yep, because you’re saying different races are different species.</p>
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<p>No, I’m not saying that. I’m saying that AA is going against the survival of the fittest, or allowing people that normally shouldn’t be advancing to advance. It’s called social darwinism, something mentioned in this thread already that you failed to notice/care about/understand.</p>
<p>hmm…liberalism from a texan and stupidity from a “logic warrior”. i see some people have benefited from AA</p>
<p>Staind: Uncalled for.</p>
<p>i actually dont agree with a socio economic system that favors poorer kids in admissions. Poorer kids often get much more aid to make college actually affordable. Good ec’s, good essays etc are still achievements made by the student. Having rich parents is an accomplishment by the parents where the benefits trickle down to the kids. Being a certain race is not really an achievement though.</p>