[CatoRenasci]

But who, other than those who run the institution in question, is the arbiter elegantum who determines what the range of acceptable behavior in any given circumstance is? You seem to be arguing that there is some (lower) objective standard that's acceptable and that blacks are unfairly penalized for meeting that standard rather than the higher (narrower) one imposed by those who run an institution. Without some pretty good 'who are the guardians' and 'who will guard the guardians' arguments, you're just making the typical liberal's 'we know better what you should do' argument, and it doesn't fly.

[mafree]

You seem to be arguing that there is some (lower) objective standard that's acceptable and that blacks are unfairly penalized for meeting that standard rather than the higher (narrower) one imposed by those who run an institution.

No-- I'm not saying those standards are higher or lower- you are the one evaluating them on that scale. My argumnent here is not about test scores- it's more about conduct. The one and only point I'm making here is this- sometimes certain standards of conduct matter, sometimes they do not. When they don't, why punish those who don't act according to those standards?