[ImphClinton]

I had a friend who just checked the black square. He did this after finding out it was illegal to check the validity of the answer and thus not illegal to lie. He thus got minority grants and other advantages. When someone asked he just said well you should see my sister showing a picture of a black girl if necessary.

Nice article but no solution to the problem was offered. I would rather go with Bush's solution than no solution. I like the top 10% idea. You know from the start what you need to do. You can transfer to a black school if you are slow and still get in.

I do agree with him on the point of genetics. I believe the problem blacks have is societial not genetics. I believe that any study of blacks raised by white parents or black middle-class parents in white neighborhoods would show similar performance. I also believe Asian performance is culture for the most part. Black India(ns) do very well in school because they are raised differently.

[mrustow]

Nice article but no solution to the problem was offered. I would rather go with Bush's solution than no solution. I like the top 10% idea. You know from the start what you need to do. You can transfer to a black school if you are slow and still get in.

From the point of view of merit, low black admissions numbers to selective universities are not a problem. Hence, no solution is necessary. Either you have the test scores, or you don't. And if you don't, shut up and apply to a less selective school.