Posted on 04/21/2019 6:40:43 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
They studiously avoid that troubling "Content of character" thing, too.
This is a valid complaint caused by guilty white liberals pairing the most intellectual members of one race (whites) against talented young black students who are accepted at lower intellectual standards...
White students would feel the same way if they were at colleges with Asians chosen who tested in the top one percent while they came in at the bottom of the top ten percent. Being in the top ten percent SHOULD be a win - an acceptable competitive place in the world. But with University systems stacking the deck, a black student in the top 10% is made to feel like a loser. Accepting students based only on their test scores would put a stop to this AND in that process make minority students more successful...
Malcolm Gladwell deals with the subject in his book "David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants Paperback"
https://www.amazon.com/David-Goliath-Underdogs-Misfits-Battling/dp/0316204374
That can’t be a real Doonesbury.
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