re: Affirmative Action

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Well, you asserted that in an academic setting, diversity is emphasized and I would submit that in most colleges, this is just flat not so.

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I think you are fixated on the fact that most "elite" universities are left leaning. That doesn't mean there couldnt be diversity of thought in many different regards. Hell, this board is definitely right-leaning, but I would say theres still a good bit of variation and thought here as well.

No offense, but I'd rather not put my whole background on the internet. I've already narrowed it down waaaay too much by telling yall I'm a black male in med school, theres like 15 of us.

I just looked it up myself AM. And my undergrads diversity goal per their diversity website mentioned the following:

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Recruit people of great ability from all backgrounds

encourage faculty and students to be bold, independent and creative thinkers

to provide the infrastructure to support teaching, research, scholarship and service for the present and for future generations

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Not a single mention of race.

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Recruit people of great ability from all backgrounds

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Not a single mention of race.

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Um..........sort of included but OK.

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encourage faculty and students to be bold, independent and creative thinkers

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Some variation of this is said on probably 99% of all university campus' and in virtually every case, it is a bald faced lie. Sadly, I think they actually believe they mean it because to a liberal, having all LIBERAL ideas on the table IS allowing bold and independent thinking.

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But let's take the 20 second I research I just did on Harvard - another college unanimously considered elite. It's Faculty Diversity and Development program focuses on two things: attracting female faculty and attracting racial minority faculty.

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Do you have a link to this? Not saying I don't believe you, just want to see how Harvard presents this.

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But, like I noted, my institution and many other "elite" ones have a black population less than whats seen in the gen pop. If they have quotas, or are trying to just select a whole bunch of minorities, they are doing a pretty poor job, don't you think?

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I was referring the the assertion that they want bold independent thinkers. Most institutions say this and, it's just not true. Their actions speak FAR louder than their words.

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If they have quotas, or are trying to just select a whole bunch of minorities, they are doing a pretty poor job, don't you think?

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But, to answer that part. U can't actually say that based solely on the numbers provided. Elite institutions still would largely like to get people that have some shot at passing their school. Hence, an institution could have a HUGE AA program and not meet the black percentage in the population as a whole. IE, if an institution is 10% black but would've only been 5% if race were not taken into account..........you get the point.

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Not a single mention of race.

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Obviously, the mission statement isn't going to talk about race.

So I figured out the school. Just went to the portion of its website dedicated to diversity. Every article and upcoming event dealt with racial minorities or LGBT.

I hear what yall are saying and O don't disagree. I just wanted to shed light on the misbelief that all you have to do is apply (exaggeration, but you get my point) if you are black and everything is handed to you on a silver platter.

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But, at least moronic liberals, like you, get the pat yourselves on the back and tell yourself how progressive and enlightened you are without ever actually having to deal with people who actually come from disadvantage backgrounds.

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Are you upset about something?