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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
provably false. i certainly have the baseline ability for getting into the engineering programs at MIT, but i'm nowhere close to being as qualified as the top echelon of people who do get the slots. just because you have the baseline skills doesn't even come close to proving that you are most fit among the applicants.
how can levels of discrimination be measured? i know a black missionary family who spent the last 15 years in kenya... should their kids be given special consideration for admission? also, the bit about their presence being valuable for "furthuring racial horizons on campus" is the most demeaning thing i've read in a while. for myself, i will never EVER accept something i did not earn so that my skin color will furthur the horizons of someone else. you may as well stick these people in a damn zoo.
the most unjust thing about affirmative action is the sneering looks and hushed conversations the minorities who DID make it without a patronizing hand-up. they cannot remove themselves from the stigma. they cannot shake the suspicion that they took a more deserving person's place.
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luckily for you, you don't have to consider a lot of what I posted--given that you are as white as my wife.
I don't understand why you would think that my colored presence would demean your educational experience as a white man. but perhaps your exposure to the special hardships I've endured as a consequence of the amount of pigment in my skin will broaden your horizons, regardless of whether you feel discomfort from your priviledged position in society.
You reap the benefits of your skin color every time you walk down a street, apply for a job, and engage with those alabamians you just referenced in another thread. You didn't earn any of that priviledge--it arrives at your door purely as a consequence of your ancestors.
The suspicion of my merit and ability comes from your mind--I didn't create it. You need to re-evaluate those thoughts, I don't need to "shake" anything.
and yeah, your friend from kenya will get special consideration. I'm curious what your application process entailed--there are numerous essay sections to detail special life circumstances.