The End of Racial Preferences.
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I've experienced racism from members of racial groups other than European-Americans, including my own. I don't think the race of the author is germane to my statement. The opinions expressed were designed to demean or limit the opportunity of a group or class of people. That's racism. Bringing statements like "mounting evidence" into the conversation doesn't legitimize her argument.
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So, let's say for a moment that you didn't post what I said you did.
Tell us why it matters that the author is black.
I will jump ahead based on his previous posts and say that he wants you to admit that his race is the one that is "really" being persecuted. He is just using the needle in the haystack to try to drive that home. Pretty much the same as the the christians that are screaming "we are being burned at the stake"
I have seen nothing in his posts that would tell me otherwise. BUT, he is free to explain all of that.
You don't say enough to be quoted. Just a little trash here and there.
Just an educated guess. Abused, racist family or a bad divorce? Maybe never had a good relationship? Just guessing. Since you attacked me over and over I just thought I would voice my honest thoughts.
It's been hours since I've read this and I still can't wrap my head around it. But since admitted sarcasm is now a "debate tactic," I'll counter with farce... Were you attempting the famed "Nanny-nanny Boo Boo" transitive theory of blame displacement? "I'm rubber, you're glue... I don't want ideas I hold to be labeled racist... because then I'd be a racist... so I'll call them a racist first..." Yeah, that's all I have so far.
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From the article:
This is kind of hilarious really. What the author is really promoting here is that he sees racial preference as a component of college admissions ineffective because the previous schooling years of these children as not addressing the very problems that the racial preference seeks to address. Essentially, he's arguing that the solution fits problem but doesn't like it. I can't think of a weaker premise and frankly, considering Williams' own views and his lauding of Thomas Sowell, I'm not really surprised. This is the thinking of a longtime advocate of Rand and the Mises School, was anyone expecting a more logical and fact based approach? I certainly wasn't.
Unfortunately, as is often the problem with this cohort, and I'm talking about all Austrian economists, not just black Austrian economists, is that they have demonstrated an ongoing willingness to hand-wave away the externalities of any problem they encounter if it doesn't fit in with the very narrow scope of their paradigm. As above, Williams does this by stating the solutions aren't good enough because they are liberal ideas (never mind the vast evidence that Conservatives and Liberals both have recognized that for truly competitive markets to form that access to good education is colorblind) offering no counter solution beyond the facile "tear it down" approach.
That this article would be promoted by someone from Caribou Barbie's constituency, I'm also not surprised.
This is kind of hilarious really. What the author is really promoting here is that he sees racial preference as a component of college admissions ineffective because the previous schooling years of these children as not addressing the very problems that the racial preference seeks to address. Essentially, he's arguing that the solution fits problem but doesn't like it. I can't think of a weaker premise and frankly, considering Williams' own views and his lauding of Thomas Sowell, I'm not really surprised. This is the thinking of a longtime advocate of Rand and the Mises School, was anyone expecting a more logical and fact based approach? I certainly wasn't.
Unfortunately, as is often the problem with this cohort, and I'm talking about all Austrian economists, not just black Austrian economists, is that they have demonstrated an ongoing willingness to hand-wave away the externalities of any problem they encounter if it doesn't fit in with the very narrow scope of their paradigm. As above, Williams does this by stating the solutions aren't good enough because they are liberal ideas (never mind the vast evidence that Conservatives and Liberals both have recognized that for truly competitive markets to form that access to good education is colorblind) offering no counter solution beyond the facile "tear it down" approach.
That this article would be promoted by someone from Caribou Barbie's constituency, I'm also not surprised.
One note on the original article: Dartmouth was originally founded, before the Revolution, to be a racially diverse college. It has a long and interesting history.
I am an advocate of affirmative action, but it must be drastically revised to take into account measures of past economic and educational disadvantage, rather than race, in itself. A student who excels in high school beyond what would be expected for quality of high school and education/job status of his/her parents should be given an extra boost, regardless of race. Therefore, the racist back-lash from poor whites would be disarmed. And individuals can overcome the effects of past racism in our now perfected (sarcasm alert) nation.
I am an advocate of affirmative action, but it must be drastically revised to take into account measures of past economic and educational disadvantage, rather than race, in itself. A student who excels in high school beyond what would be expected for quality of high school and education/job status of his/her parents should be given an extra boost, regardless of race. Therefore, the racist back-lash from poor whites would be disarmed. And individuals can overcome the effects of past racism in our now perfected (sarcasm alert) nation.
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