I am a black nursing student and I know more than a few great nurses who graduated from NSU. I did not feel that this article was an issue of race, but an example of how we cripple our children by not requiring or expecting excellence from them. I hesitated posting it because, all the under-cover-Kluckers seem to come out of the woodwork if they smell the chum of RACE in the water. And unfortunately, my predictions were correct.
I find it interesting that you paint your protests against broad-brush statements regarding minorities and affirmative action with such a nuclear broad brush.
Affirmative action is a taint on American society with the manner in which it has been implemented, because it both casts doubt on true individual achievement as well as guaranteeing failure for many students who otherwise would be successful (affirmative action students at MIT routinely fail, whereas they would likely succeed handsomely at lesser technical schools like the one I attended - it's a question of preparation, not of race). Thomas Sowell (I believe) wrote a highly coherent column on this subject in the not-too-distant past.
Recognizing the effects of a socialistic promotion policy based on anything but achievement - including the negative shadows cast on those individuals who achieve success by their own exertions - isn't racist. (I would say that refusing to recognize that there are such individual achievers touched by those shadows would probably be racist - "probably" because I cannot know the mind of another man.)
On the other hand, "under-cover-Kluckers" apparently cannot be reasoned with, but instead should be dismissed with incendiary posts.
To be completely fair with your post, however, I should also note that your words "I did not feel that this article was an issue of race, but an example of how we cripple our children by not requiring or expecting excellence from them." are right on the money, and I could not agree more.
Sadly, that seems to be the case lately. Good luck with your studies!