asdlf;;; Oh "modern" as in their colonialism period where the movements of peoples in search of resources, as well as the destruction of those already in possession of them caused so much racial oppression?
It has nothing to do how much intrinsically smarter they are. But what conditions they were living under to draw them to need more resources and innovation. If I'm living near the equator, I'm going to spend all my time eating lush fruit and frolicking in my peaceful jungles. If I'm more northern bound and freezing, starving, and desperate to survive, I'll be probably need to think up more ideas and act more ruthlessly.
Again. Cultural evolution vs genetic evolution. The latter of which takes millions of years. Whereas a culture can evolve in the span of decades.
asdlf;;; Oh "modern" as in their colonialism period where the movements of peoples in search of resources, as well as the destruction of those already in possession of them caused so much racial oppression?
It has nothing to do how much intrinsically smarter they are. But what conditions they were living under to draw them to need more resources and innovation. If I'm living near the equator, I'm going to spend all my time eating lush fruit and frolicking in my peaceful jungles. If I'm more northern bound and freezing, starving, and desperate to survive, I'll be probably need to think up more ideas and act more ruthlessly.
Again. Cultural evolution vs genetic evolution. The latter of which takes millions of years. Whereas a culture can evolve in the span of decades.
There is something to be said about the responsibility of universities who use affirmative action. If you are accepting students based on their foreseen potential, then its the university's responsibility to provide the proper academic and social-emotional support once that student enters the door. Not that this has to do with the constitutionality of AA, but if anything this is what the argument should be around.
Ummmm..... This is Justice Scalia! Anyone who has been to law school knows he writes his dissents for law school students to laugh at. I mean there is even a book of Scalia dissents because of how funny they are. Coming from a black man, Scalia's comments are neither suprising or upsetting. And you guys are overacting about them.
Of course there are like two dumbasses in this thread who are inherently showing racist bias, but honestly I can't tell if they're trolling or just inherently naive, so it's not worth responding.
As for Scalia's comments, he was never for AA and he has always held the position of you have to bring in race the minority is unqualified. But there was a study that came out earlier this year that showe AA is rarely used in employment and educational decisions. Usually only to brake a tie. It shows that underprivileged minorities are qualified to attend these types of schools.
Anyways, no one take his comments to heart, it is Justice Scalia after all.
(Sorry for any typos, on my phone and too lazy to go reread through this.)
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.
if they meet the requirements to apply to the school how are they underprepared?
Oh god pls spare me. I'm studying engineering at a top 20 US university and I can tell you the teachers here are clear about the contribution of other ethnic groups to math and science.
These are Ancient Egyptian math sheets doing geometry. The dude AL-KHWARIZMI who invented algebra (the foundation of many mathematical principles propogated by westerners) was from the middle east. The word "algorithm" is derived from his name. All these farming techniques that even made invention a possible occupational alternative came about in the fertile crescent.
White people piggy backing off the creativity and ingenuity of other groups then try to erase their contributions. Nothing new to see here. Happens in the arts, sciences etc... Like they are somehow special. They aren't special.
Um... that's not the way affirmative action works. These people make it seem like black people who fail in high schools are getting into top tier colleges. The ones that get in are highly qualified candidates. They just have a general quota of seats for different people to create a "diverse" environment.
And I don't get why whites like him complain about this. If they got rid of the quotas, Asians like me will take over schools!
My jaw dropped to the floor when I read the news. This guy and his ilk of cons are dangerous as **** and a republican president would mean more people like him on the bench.
Proof of why the 2016 are the most important in recent memory, too much is at stake.
Ok this is the same problem we are having in South Atrica, it's not that the black students are not smart enough, but it's because their foundation is just down right bad, me and all my black friends that went to private schools all did fine in uni, graduating top% of the class, however it isn't the same for black students that came from poor schools, that didn't get taught properly that didn't have that culture that you have to be the best and always aim for A's. So affirmative action will get them into the best universities. But with a shaky background they don't last, does that mean we are smarter than them? No
I think that could definitely be a bit of a problem for the AA's from the get go they are not receiving the best education in high school and the culture seems to just want them to graduate high school (such a stupid tradition by the way) and not much after, so when they are thrown into the deep end, they drown.