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To: TigerPaw who wrote (158323)	1/17/2003 8:53:18 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576826

How so? The goal remains fixed I presume, more or less proportional representation. Not my goal. My goals are freedom and justice, and to the extent that it doesn't conflict with freedom treating people fairly and having equal opportunity. Proportional representation is NOT a goal of mine. Tim

To: TigerPaw who wrote (158323)	1/19/2003 4:48:16 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576826

TP, <The goal remains fixed I presume, more or less proportional representation.> Actually, you're right, that is the goal of the colleges. But that's a flawed goal if ever I saw one. What happens is that applicants are divided into racial groups. Then the applicants in each group are pitted against one another. The result is the proportional representation that the college administration desires, but not the equality that goes to the root of the problem. The blacks that are admitted, for example, still underperform other racial groups in the college, maybe even more than before because of the higher caliber of the education. Then what? You give higher grades to underperformers simply because they are black? And it should be obvious what sort of strains this flawed admissions policy creates. Asians now have to compete against other Asians, blacks against other blacks, whites against other whites, Hispanics against other Hispanics, and so on. Does that solve the problem? Of course not; in fact, it causes more strife within each of the racial groups. Especially Asians. <It gets close enough to the goal of proportionality that the remedy can be discontinued.> No, I already demonstrated why that's a flawed notion. Tenchusatsu