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In a remark that drew muted gasps in the courtroom, Justice Antonin Scalia said that minority students with inferior academic credentials may be better off at "a less advanced school, a slower-track school where they do well.""I don't think it stands to reason that it's a good thing for the University of Texas to admit as many blacks as possible," he added.
There are those who contend that it does not benefit African-Americans to get them into the University of Texas, where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less–a slower-track school where they do well. One of the briefs pointed out that most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the University of Texas…. They come from lesser schools where they do not feel that they're being pushed ahead in classes that are too fast for them.
http://fair.org/home/nyt-rewrites-scalia-to-make-him-sound-less-racist/I'm just not impressed by the fact that that the University of Texas may have fewer [black students]. Maybe it ought to have fewer. And maybe some, you know, when you take more, the number of blacks, really competent blacks, admitted to lesser schools turns out to be less. And I don't think it stands to reason that it's a good thing for the University of Texas to admit as many blacks as possible.
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Well, this judge is a truly blunt one. He does not mince words. Not sure, how would you sugarcoat the obvious truth? Affirmative actions should be encouraged at the very lower level. Otherwise, the mediocrity would be the best product that a society can gloat about. People are equals, but they are not equally brilliant or successful no matter we feed them with.On Thursday, December 10, 2015 5:44 AM, "Sukhamaya Bain subain1@yahoo.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Scalia's problem was his inability to articulate what he meant. That I believe what he meant, and I myself feel, is that each school needs to decide its minimum standard of academic background for its prospective students. Students that do not meet that standard should not be admitted, irrespective of their race, gender, national origin, etc. For diversity on the campus, that standard should not be lowered. It should be a matter of the standard of the school and fairness to all prospective students, and not about diversity on campus, or about helping any race, gender, nationality, etc.Indeed, there are many options in the USA for students of all backgrounds; and a lot of the graduates from lower ranking schools are known to succeed in life and do better than a lot of graduates from Ivy league schools. Painting any of them in terms of race, gender etc. is not a controversy that a justice of the US Supreme Court should have getten into.Sukhamaya Bain======================On Wednesday, December 9, 2015 10:41 PM, "Shah DeEldar shahdeeldar@gmail.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Insensitive comment from a supreme court justice? Politically incorrect truth?
Once again, Sukhamoy proves his mettle -- he cannot but be sympathetic to a racist remark by Antonin Scalia.
New York Times Supreme Court correspondent Adam Liptak (12/9/15) recounted a startling moment in the Court's oral arguments over the University of Texas' affirmative action plan:
In a remark that drew muted gasps in the courtroom, Justice Antonin Scalia said that minority students with inferior academic credentials may be better off at "a less advanced school, a slower-track school where they do well."
"I don't think it stands to reason that it's a good thing for the University of Texas to admit as many blacks as possible," he added.
But part of the reason that the remark drew "muted gasps," surely, is that that's not what Scalia said–he didn't say minority students "with inferior academic credentials" would be better off at worse schools, he said African-Americans in general would. Here's the whole passage:
There are those who contend that it does not benefit African-Americans to get them into the University of Texas, where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less–a slower-track school where they do well. One of the briefs pointed out that most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the University of Texas…. They come from lesser schools where they do not feel that they're being pushed ahead in classes that are too fast for them.
He goes on to suggest that "really competent blacks" would be better off if they were "admitted to lesser schools":
http://fair.org/home/nyt-rewrites-scalia-to-make-him-sound-less-racist/I'm just not impressed by the fact that that the University of Texas may have fewer [black students]. Maybe it ought to have fewer. And maybe some, you know, when you take more, the number of blacks, really competent blacks, admitted to lesser schools turns out to be less. And I don't think it stands to reason that it's a good thing for the University of Texas to admit as many blacks as possible.
fair.org New York Times Supreme Court correspondent Adam Liptak recounted a startling moment in the Court's oral arguments over the University of Texas' affirmative action ... |