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The tragedy was, if it hadn't been for AA, this student could have entered a second tier school such as SUNY, North Carolina, Florida, fine schools all, and exceeded. He could have gotten his degree and moved on. But time and again, these otherwise qualified students did not return to second tier schools after being academically removed from Harvard and the like. The stigma of failure permeated their lives. They ended up flipping hamburgers in their home towns, another failure thanks to Affirmative Action.

Spot on. And when I used this example in presentations promoting Michigan's anti affirmative action amendment, the usual suspects nearly burst a blood vessel. BUT the important thing is that the exact same phenomenon shows up regardless of who is being promoted. Even sports scholarships can produce this phenomenon when an athlete that should go to a 2 year community college or vocational school is bumped into a college level program for which he is drastically unprepared.

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I wish I could claim credit for the research and reasoning for that, but the credit goes to Bob Zelnick and his book, “Backfire: A Reporter's Look at Affirmative Action.” It, and his work on Algore are brilliant.

Secondly, I am not a greatly religious man, but this speaks to me about Associate Justices Scalia and Thomas’ beliefs about “Natural Law.”

Nature ordains a certain way of doing things. The students capeable of the best performance go to the best schools, people will obey a 30 MPH speed limit in a residential neighborhood, slavery is bad, etc.

The moment you try to manipulate that natural law concept with AA, a 20 mile an hour speed limit on a rural road, one man enslaving another under a color of law, you get into trouble every time.

It's not that we are Conservative so much as we are in favor of doing things the proven, smart way.

Be well