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I saw it happen down here, a brother in law scored very well but no dice, he was told off to the side to paint himself black.

Because we are taught to be peaceful and law abiding this is being used against us now by the Racist Government!

If the first time they pulled that Crap we Rioted in the street and broke the place up real good then our children would have a fair chance in life.

I saw the CSpan coverage with the ABW (anybody but white) NAACP carping about the test. Disgusting!!

Yep....I saw the same CSPAN report...the dude had that funky red poka-dot bowtie on....said that the test was racially bias....give me a break! A test is a test. Obviously, those who studied made good grades, those who did not, did not make good grades. How can a test that measures intelligence be racial. That was a load of crap if I ever heard it.

Before I relocated to the Sunshine State, I had considerable teaching experience in the Garden State (N.J.), and had many black students in my classes. Most were totally unprepared for college level study. But this was part of the supposedly unconstitutional ‘quota’ system. I shared my concerns with various other teachers and directors of admissions but the near-universal response was a shrug of the shoulders and a reply that they were forced to put up with this for political/funding reasons. I tried, as best I could, to persuade them that this was grossly unfair to the very minority students that were supposed to be advanced and that, in effect, we were promoting the wrong values and motivations - namely, that one was ENTITITLED to be present and promoted because of past injustices and their race, and not because of present abilities and aspirations that required hard work and effort. I learned that logic and facts were of no importance. It didn’t matter that a huge number of the unprepared and unqualified had high drop-out rates; that they scored terribly on their GRE’s, that if they were (preferentially) admitted to graduate or professional schools, few finished. AND, that all this took place within the context of every effort being made to ‘push’ them through so the college could boast about and show the political establishment what a great job was being done with minority students. I apologize for the length of my reply (I could go on and on!) but I want to stress how unjust and politicized our present approach is to all concerned and our society. Thanks for your patience!

I recall all this stuff about discriminatory and biased testing hitting the fan with the Proposition 42 BS a couple of decades ago:

“Proposition 42 also requires the student to forego his initial season, but it does not allow the student to receive a scholarship that year. They are, however, eligible for non-athletic aid on a need or academic basis.

Gerogetown coach John Thompson and Temple’s John Chaney criticized the new proposal as culturally biased, and it is expected that Chaney will file a civil suit against the NCAA as a result.

Meanwhile, Penn State Women’s Basketball Coach Rene Portland expressed her approval of the proposition.

One of Penn State’s most visible freshmen athletes, Tony Sacca, also believes the rule will be helpful.

“I guess it’s a good idea. . . . I never had to worry about it,” the freshman quarterback said. “It’s just going to make it harder to get dumb people in, and we really don’t need them anyway.”