US Supreme Court has ruled against race based admission at Harvard saying that it violates the Constitution. Justice Clarence Thomas 
"While I am painfully aware of the social and economic ravages …More
US Supreme Court has ruled against race based admission at Harvard saying that it violates the Constitution.
Justice Clarence Thomas "While I am painfully aware of the social and economic ravages which have befallen my race and all who suffer dis-crimination, I hold out enduring hope that this country will live up to its principles so clearly enunciated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States: that all men are created equal, are equal citizens, and must be treated equally before the law."
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Merit trumps pigment.
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The left is in full meltdown mode on this ruling. I got this argument from a liberal today accusing me of not knowing what Affirmative Action really means. They ended the conversation with this question before blocking me.
"Asian students outperform white kids, too. Does that mean no white students should be allowed into Harvard?"
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The left is in full meltdown mode on this ruling. I got this argument from a liberal today accusing me of not knowing what Affirmative Action really means. They ended the conversation with this question before blocking me.
"Asian students outperform white kids, too. Does that mean no white students should be allowed into Harvard?"
I replied that, it was Asian students who brought about the law suit. As to your question, yes, I'm o.k. with that. If a particular class in a particular year at MIT Bio-engineering freshman class was dominated by Asian Americans with other races or ethnicities in slim margins, so, what? - there is nothing ethically wrong with that. It was earned on merit. For the same reason, I don't care that the NBA is dominated by African Americans with Whites, Asians, and Hispanics in slim percentages. The people who are there earned it, and are the best in what they do. No one is saying we need to apply affirmative action to sports.
Echoing Martin Luther King's philosophy, we should judge people on their behavior, character, ability, and achievements and not on the color of their skin.
"Asian students outperform white kids, too. Does that mean no white students should be allowed into Harvard?"
I replied that, it was Asian students who brought about the law suit. As to your question, yes, I'm o.k. with that. If a particular class in a particular year at MIT Bio-engineering freshman class was dominated by Asian Americans with other races or ethnicities in slim margins, so, what? - there is nothing ethically wrong with that. It was earned on merit. For the same reason, I don't care that the NBA is dominated by African Americans with Whites, Asians, and Hispanics in slim percentages. The people who are there earned it, and are the best in what they do. No one is saying we need to apply affirmative action to sports.
Echoing Martin Luther King's philosophy, we should judge people on their behavior, character, ability, and achievements and not on the color of their skin.
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Justice Thomas is a great man
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I believe it was the last time the court decided an affirmative action case, which upheld the practice, John Roberts dissented, saying, “The way to end race based discrimination is to end race based discrimination.” I’m pretty sure that the people who were the original advocates of affirmative action didn’t intend for it to last forever. That it ends now is a long overdue good.
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All the rad liberal media on MSNBC especially, and also CNN and "The View" are boo hooing for a certain group of people who they think now have little chance of going to college.
I'm a high school teacher for 3 years (4th year starting in September), and I have to say I teach 6 History classes, Freshmen,Sophs, and Juniors, probably 300+ total students, and 1 class 3x a week in elective Japanese as …More
All the rad liberal media on MSNBC especially, and also CNN and "The View" are boo hooing for a certain group of people who they think now have little chance of going to college.
I'm a high school teacher for 3 years (4th year starting in September), and I have to say I teach 6 History classes, Freshmen,Sophs, and Juniors, probably 300+ total students, and 1 class 3x a week in elective Japanese as a foreign language. While mostly all my students do well in class, I had to fail 3 kids who consistently failed to turn in assignments, called out sick or skipped class, fell behind in discussions, failed tests, refused to contribute in class when called on, and had reading levels way below their peers. Why should I dumb down my class to accompdate them....and by extension, why should what they were born (race) help them get into college when they don't study, and deny another person a seat in college who does study......why should the system make things hard for the people who do work/study/excel too make room for those who don't?
Jst so no one thinks I'm a White Supremacist, I'm not White....I'm Asian/American. But I consider myself American first, without always thinking of myself as Japanese. And I refuse to call myself a "person of color". I'm an American.
I'm very happy the Supreme Court decided what they did today. I think by extension, it is going to start also being the end of affirmative action in all aspects of USA life, especially in business. And that's a good thing too. People should get into college or business based on their grades, or their business skills. Not because of their race/color/sex/sexual identity, etc.
I'm a high school teacher for 3 years (4th year starting in September), and I have to say I teach 6 History classes, Freshmen,Sophs, and Juniors, probably 300+ total students, and 1 class 3x a week in elective Japanese as a foreign language. While mostly all my students do well in class, I had to fail 3 kids who consistently failed to turn in assignments, called out sick or skipped class, fell behind in discussions, failed tests, refused to contribute in class when called on, and had reading levels way below their peers. Why should I dumb down my class to accompdate them....and by extension, why should what they were born (race) help them get into college when they don't study, and deny another person a seat in college who does study......why should the system make things hard for the people who do work/study/excel too make room for those who don't?
Jst so no one thinks I'm a White Supremacist, I'm not White....I'm Asian/American. But I consider myself American first, without always thinking of myself as Japanese. And I refuse to call myself a "person of color". I'm an American.
I'm very happy the Supreme Court decided what they did today. I think by extension, it is going to start also being the end of affirmative action in all aspects of USA life, especially in business. And that's a good thing too. People should get into college or business based on their grades, or their business skills. Not because of their race/color/sex/sexual identity, etc.