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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:
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> Sorry, just a nitpick:
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> "Scott E. Sanburn" wrote:
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> > 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.
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> 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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