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| A LITTLE-UNDERSTOOD ENGINE OF CAMPUS UNREST |
| 2015-11-26 |
| h/t Instapundit Why are some of the most privileged students in the nation plunging into a racial grievance culture and upending their campuses as though oppressed by Halloween costumes they don't approve, imagined racial slights, portraits of Woodrow Wilson, a tiny handful of real racial epithets, and the like? The reasons are of course multifaceted. But one deserves far more attention than it has gotten: Many or most of the African-American student protesters really are victims -- but not of old-fashioned racism. Most are, rather, victims of the very large admissions preferences that set up racial-minority students for academic struggle at the selective universities that have cynically misled them into thinking they are well qualified to compete with classmates who are, in fact, far stronger academically. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #8 Most are, rather, victims of the very large admissions preferences that set up racial-minority students for academic struggle at the selective universities Of course, they're perfectly happy to take advantage of these preferences when it suits them, so my sympathy meter is at zero. |
| Posted by: charger 2015-11-26 12:49 |
| #7 I wouldn't say all evil but it's certainly bad enough. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2015-11-26 12:24 |
| #6 Affirmative action is the source of all evil |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-11-26 11:11 |
| #5 Plus there's that old "Your too stupid to attend this campus without Affirmative Action" message which AA implies. Or "You owe us for the 'opportunity.' We'd look upon it favorably should you you reciprocate." |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-11-26 10:55 |
| #4 Plus there's that old "Your too stupid to attend this campus without Affirmative Action" message which AA implies. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2015-11-26 10:05 |
| #3 Notice the sense of URGENCY implied by ALL-CAPITAL LETTERS!!! I bet he stole that hackneyed technique from the Brits. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-11-26 09:46 |
| #2 They have a void in their heart and soul, it can never be filled with things or emotion. They lack confidence because they've never been challenged and they know it. |
| Posted by: Grampaw tse Tung8411 2015-11-26 09:45 |
| #1 Many lose intellectual self-confidence and become unhappy even if they avoid flunking out. How is it one can 'lose' what one does not have ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-11-26 08:46 |