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Quote by: CoffeeSaint  I think these are great points. No, this discussion hasn't turned to public education K-12, but I don't believe anyone argues against it. There are several issues about the current state of education, and how it should be run re: vouchers, but nobody thinks its a bad thing, I don't think -- at least, nobody would prefer that everyone remain ignorant.
I wasn't trying to start an affirmative action discussion, but I'm curious:
Do you think it's reasonable to give minority students an added boost in terms of admission? |
I wasn't actually talking about K-12 education, but college education--I don't think many people argue that everyone should have a right to college education regardless of their skills. I don't think everyone needs to have a right to complete high school either, for that matter.
I'm ambivilant about affirmative action. The truth of the matter is a lot of what goes into college acceptance is arbitrary anyways, so why not give the arbitrary advantage to black people? The obsession with "diversity" annoys me though. And I admit that it does allow you to think--would this person be here if not for AA? But not as much as when you see an athlete. And honestly I haven't noticed a real ability difference between average whites and blacks.