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Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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Thu, 3 Feb 2000 03:57:44 GMT
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Lindsay,

Mr L F Braun wrote:

   Sorry, just a nitpick:

"Scott E. Sanburn" wrote:

Again, I think this is just a way to get around the recent court rulings
about affirmative action, that is targeted to Hispanics and African
Americans. Which is both racist, and demeaning to minorities. They
should be encouraged to do well in school, and study for the tests, and
try to aim for the top, rather than going around the issues, and using
tests like this, with other people, to try to get them in. I hope the
court rules these out as well.

I just want to point out that the single largest group that has benefited from Affirmative
Action and equal-hiring legislation is actually white females, both numerically and
qualitatively.  What's to fear from adding a further litmus to the battery of identifiers
already available for college admissions, especially if the discipline in question needs
strong problem-solving and applied logic skills?

That's not what the article was about, or the intention of this and
other tests. Affirmative action is discrimination, and should not be
there period, whether whit females, pink elephants, or blue martians
benefit from it.

No one shall be discriminated on the basis of race, sex, etc. Or am I
missing something here?

Scott S.
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Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net
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Sorry, just a nitpick: (...) I just want to point out that the single largest group that has benefited from Affirmative Action and equal-hiring legislation is actually white females, both numerically and qualitatively. What's to fear from adding a (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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