Why does the Left in this country still believe that advocating racial preferences in the world of education and employment is not a form of bigotry that ought to be insulting to minorities? It has never made sense to me and apparently it makes no sense to Boston University's College Republicans either.
It's nice to know that at least one group of college students has not let all that education go to waste. No matter how much Leftwing indoctrination these kids receive at college, they still seem to be able to recall the correct definition of bigot. Better yet, they've chosen to highlight the absurity of race-based admissions and scholarships with a very creative and humorous vehicle.
The BU College Republicans are offering a $250 “Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship” to applicants who are at least 25% Caucasian. Why? Well, in their own words:
Leave it to a bunch of idealistic college kids to find a great way to remind us of this. Thanks, BUCR!
It's nice to know that at least one group of college students has not let all that education go to waste. No matter how much Leftwing indoctrination these kids receive at college, they still seem to be able to recall the correct definition of bigot. Better yet, they've chosen to highlight the absurity of race-based admissions and scholarships with a very creative and humorous vehicle.
The BU College Republicans are offering a $250 “Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship” to applicants who are at least 25% Caucasian. Why? Well, in their own words:
We believe that racial preferences in all their forms are perhaps the worst form of bigotry confronting America today. Through affirmative action and its progeny (some of BU's own race-based scholarships included), not only does the majority say to any minority, "You are different," but it says, "You will always be different and, more than that, you are inferior and incapable of meeting us at our level so we'll make all these special accommodations for you." We believe this, like all racial preferences, is absurd and contradictory to our American ideals of freedom and equality. Did we do this to give a scholarship to white kids? Of course not. Did we do it to trigger a discussion on what we believe to be the morally wrong practice of basing decisions in our schools and our jobs on racial preferences rather than merit? Absolutely.The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. said it best: ..."I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
Leave it to a bunch of idealistic college kids to find a great way to remind us of this. Thanks, BUCR!
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This is kind of interesting in that these Boston kids have shown their true feelings without really intending too.
"You are different," but it says, "You will always be different and, more than that, you are inferior and incapable of meeting us at our level so we'll make all these special accommodations for you."
Well, that is certainly how these kids feel, but here's another way to 'interpret' what Affirmative Action does-
'We recognize that historically and demonstrably society has failed to invest in you the same resources and commitment to your Freedoms as the majority of Americans; until this inequality is erased from our common culture we will enact efforts to make sure there are opportunities that counter balance the injustice of bigotry and racism.'
Thanks,
Brad
http://www.pbs.org/race/003_RaceTimeline/003_00-home.htm
Brad
So your interpretation of the message is based on past issues, is that correct? "Historically" and "demonstrably" are dead-on correct for the years up to 1980 or so. However, we have made great strides since then. So are we to continue to define minorities by their race in this day and age? It's clear that Caucasians will become the minority within this century. At that point, do we institute protections for Caucasians in education and employment?
Bigotry and racism take many forms and, my opinion is that, one of those forms is to assume that because one is of a race other than Caucasian, he or she may not be "as good as others" based on his/her merits alone.
I'm of Irish descent and we were discriminated against as well when we first came to this country. My ancestors were seen as almost less than human just like other minorities in the 1800s. There were no quotas or legal protections for us but we have done quite well on our merits. It seems to me with the likes of Dr. Rice, Dr. Sowell, and others that African-Americans (or plain old Americans) have done quite well despite the prejudices of the past.
I understand how history has dealt a blow to African-Americans. I understand how why you point to the past in excusing race-based quotas; however, at what point do we decide that we've overcome the problems of the past and remove this out-dated practice? Is there a good metric for that? Seems to me that the success of people who put their best foot forward and give it their all is enough of a metric for anyone...