tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post6907072170501115770..comments2023-10-26T02:13:03.378-07:00Comments on Acting White Acting Black: Affirmative ActionomicsJames C. Collierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268279457459050826noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-59482612081570947902006-12-31T23:42:00.000-08:002006-12-31T23:42:00.000-08:00Affirmative action assumes inequality and was neve...Affirmative action assumes inequality and was never meant to be a tie-breaker, but rather a race-based boost to compensate Blacks for a history of inadequate support. The addmissions boost is not sustainable as reflected in lower grades and higher drop-outs/academic dismissals. The net result is fewer degreed Black professionals, with the greater disparity this brings.James C. Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06268279457459050826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-32341396713300202742006-12-31T22:51:00.000-08:002006-12-31T22:51:00.000-08:00But the principle of affirmative action is not to ...But the principle of affirmative action is not to place people in situations they can't handle. It's to give an advantage to the Black candidate when there are two equally qualified candidates, one white and one Black. Why? To correct centuries of having done the opposite.Professor Zerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04909063513731044826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-58093662214022607302006-12-31T14:01:00.000-08:002006-12-31T14:01:00.000-08:00nice post! Happy New Year!nice post! Happy New Year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com