It is true that many of these point favor white people. But it is not "nearly impossible" for a black student to take a heavy-AP course load, or attend an elite school; it is merely less likely. source?
Is this--by itself--affirmative action? I don't view it as such; I see it as outreach, and I fully support outreach efforts. Affirmative action would be taking two equally-qualified candidates and choosing the woman or the minority instead of rolling the dice or looking for some other distinction. At the more extreme end, affirmative action involves the establishment of quotas or the addition of "points" on the basis of race/gender/another protected class.
so you are simply going to redefine what affirmative action means (http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/racialjustice/affirmativeactiondefinition.pdf) (PDF) so that it fits better with your argument? Nice method of argument there. And you speak of context. You completely (http://www.nwlc.org/details.cfm?id=302§ion=employment) ignore (http://clinton2.nara.gov/WH/EOP/OP/html/aa/aa04.html) the (http://www.aclu.org/racialjustice/aa/15822prs19990727.html) context (http://www.advancingequality.org/affirmativeactionpubs/) in (http://www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/regs/compliance/aa.htm) which those decisions are made.
Also, the quota argument is bullshit (http://www.ethnicmajority.com/affirmative_action.htm)
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Date: 2009-04-17 11:00 pm (UTC)Is this--by itself--affirmative action? I don't view it as such; I see it as outreach, and I fully support outreach efforts. Affirmative action would be taking two equally-qualified candidates and choosing the woman or the minority instead of rolling the dice or looking for some other distinction. At the more extreme end, affirmative action involves the establishment of quotas or the addition of "points" on the basis of race/gender/another protected class.
so you are simply going to redefine what affirmative action means (http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/racialjustice/affirmativeactiondefinition.pdf) (PDF) so that it fits better with your argument? Nice method of argument there. And you speak of context. You completely (http://www.nwlc.org/details.cfm?id=302§ion=employment) ignore (http://clinton2.nara.gov/WH/EOP/OP/html/aa/aa04.html) the (http://www.aclu.org/racialjustice/aa/15822prs19990727.html) context (http://www.advancingequality.org/affirmativeactionpubs/) in (http://www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/regs/compliance/aa.htm) which those decisions are made.
Also, the quota argument is bullshit (http://www.ethnicmajority.com/affirmative_action.htm)