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Originally Posted by buggyone
This is basically the same topic. If you had a college age son who had excellent grades and an impressive background but was admitted to college and had to pay full tuition - but a mostly illiterate - but excellent - football player got a full scholarship to the same college, how would you feel?
Colleges need diversity but if the only thing between a white student and a minority is race in admitting only one - it is a no-win situation. Otherwise, grades and extra circular activities are what should be used. Be color blind.
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" Otherwise, grades and extra circular activities are what should be used. Be color blind. "
Ok......so you agree with Buchanan....I also. I do not think the football player analogy works. That is mostly about money......but when you put any ethnic group...black, white, hispanic, etc.....to the back of the line BECAUSE OF THAT ALONE....you are misusing the system.
So many on here are simply proving the point I have been trying to say.
You cannot discuss the real issue without this kind of caustic reaction. The hate, etc with no reasoning.
The reasoning, in my opinion, is because we have been programmed NOT to have any opinion on race except that which is POLITICALLY CORRECT. Note in the article that in the polls, most people agree, but in trying to talk about it, well...you see by these posts what the reaction is. They attack the messenger, and call racist. This will never ever solve the problems and they will simply get worse and fester.
I, also think, and have witnessed first hand (first hand meaning I have had personal discussions with parties involved) that this kind of thing affects the attitudes of, at least one generation. In helping an orginization in Tampa, I had the chance to talk for long periods and seriously with many black young men. They, in the great majority, do in fact feel entitled. They have been brought up that way by their parents who recall the Civil Rights movement and they expect to be given things, ie college, because and simply because they are black. They sincerely felt, or feel, that whatever government program there is should be used......let me say that again...SHOULD be used and never by passed. This is how they were brought up. Is this all young black men....of course not.
BUT......if this is the attitude today, imagine the next generation.
Uncomfortable discussion but in my opinion, if not had, this is going to get worse and worse.
None of this applies to all, either white or black or hispanic or whatever, despite some who try always to make it that way, but it is sufficient for us to be aware of.