Originally posted by New York Daily News During Wednesday oral arguments in a Supreme Court case on affirmative action, Justice Antonin Scalia argued that black Americans do not benefit from race-based quota policies. “They’re being pushed into schools that are too advanced for them,” he reportedly said of black students. “Most of the black scientists in this country do not come from the most advanced schools,” the justice added. He said they benefited from a “slower track.” Scalia has long opposed affirmative-action policies in higher education and is almost certain to vote against it in this case.....

Originally posted by BlueTimberwolf From what i read, it seemed to be saying that most blacks go to underprivelaged schools, where the education isn't as good. So they are unprepared to go to a top school with a difficult curriculum. His argument is that they would do better a mid-tier school vs, flunking out a top-tier school based on previous education.

Originally posted by BlueTimberwolf From what i read, it seemed to be saying that most blacks go to underprivelaged schools, where the education isn't as good. So they are unprepared to go to a top school with a difficult curriculum. His argument is that they would do better a mid-tier school vs, flunking out a top-tier school based on previous education.

Bullsh*t.

Black people built this.



But I guess they didn't teach this at whatever school this "judge" went to.

Originally posted by LoKoPaNdA This is about affirmative action and I don't get why people don't understand why affirmative action even exists. Some groups are unprivileged and thus their academic achievements are greater than those of her better off peers White student with parents who make 200k a year, lives in a nice suburban house, took SAT prep courses, has money for books, travels, study aid, goes to top notch high school vs minority students who face hardship Like, it's not the same The quote is a gross generalization by that judge who doesn't have the mentality of someone living this century

Originally posted by Damien M No, he said that blacks shouldn't be at top tier schools like UT@Austin, and instead should aim for low-rank colleges bc they're not smart enough to keep up with the curriculum. You can't even defend this.

Trash.

There's some truth to people being pushed into curricula that are way too fast for them and they end up falling behind even more, maybe even reducing their confidence/desire in learning. But that isn't an issue with affirmative action, it's more of the state government not wanting to hold back students another year because it looks bad statistically. Affirmative action doesn't really impact High School so that's a non related issue.

When you're in College, it is ultimately up to you to keep up on courses or suffer bad grades. Colleges should provide some sort of tutoring or mentoring to help, but they can't force students to study or get good grades. Affirmative action only helps give people from shaky backgrounds a chance to enter a high educational field that they otherwise would never get the opportunity to. What those who benefit from AA do with that chance is up to them. Just because black Americans don't score as highly as their white counterparts does not mean that it's okay to make it harder for them to get entrance to a particular College.