tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post4065924333233848736..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Rejected student wishes she were NativeRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-29379389123555691522013-04-30T00:56:13.129-07:002013-04-30T00:56:13.129-07:00Racism has been tilting the playing field for seve...Racism has been tilting the playing field for several hundred years, DMarks. Eliminating race as an admissions factor means restoring the tilted field that favors white people. It does <i>not</i> mean creating a level playing field for everyone.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-323441605804541602013-04-17T06:23:34.597-07:002013-04-17T06:23:34.597-07:00The blatantly racist admissions/etc policies of ma...The blatantly racist admissions/etc policies of many universities are the root cause of this problem.<br /><br />The University of Michigan, for example, has vigorously defended it policy of punishing and rewarding people with a point system based on race aimed at tilting the playing field and denying equal opportunity.<br /><br />These universities should abolish these racist polices and level the playing field.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-81878980407753040092013-04-13T13:58:02.152-07:002013-04-13T13:58:02.152-07:00Wow, pathetic-sounding rant. Little does this girl...Wow, pathetic-sounding rant. Little does this girl realize that college -- any college -- is what you make of it. You can get a great education at a mediocre school. I did. I went to an undistinguished state college. I took on two minors in addition to my major. I played in the orchestra and joined the Center for Womyn's Concerns. I went to lots of lectures, films and musical performances, even ones that weren't my particular cup of tea. For the first time in my life, I had black friends, gay friends, Jewish friends, Native American friends, friends who were so citified they didn't even know how to drive, and friends who were so countrified that they'd been driving since they were 12 and had difficulty breaking the habit of waking up at 4 AM. I studied abroad for a semester. I learned about jazz, about Native American issues, about film as an art form, all kinds of things. All because I opened my mind and took advantage of what was in front of me. Just like you don't become fit by simply joining a gym, you don't become well-educated simply by enrolling in a fancy college. It's what you make of it. I hope that's a lesson this girl learns, but I suspect that she'll just spend the next four years whining about her situation and looking down on her classmates. Library Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560661276385382375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-2976689014890693852013-04-11T13:55:39.680-07:002013-04-11T13:55:39.680-07:00Don't women get affirmative action, regardless...Don't women get affirmative action, regardless of race, anyway? As she herself admits, she was unqualified due to poor academic record.<br /><br />Note to white people: If your SAT composite is only in the triple digits, you didn't get in because of that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com