A bunch of black “legislators” are demanding that Texas A&M University lower their standards to increase minority (read: black) enrollment after the school removed race as an admissions factor. The only way black students can measure up is to measure down. Am I the only black person on the planet offended by this? With this “demand”, black liberals have lost all pretense of furthering educational standards (and dignity).
Do you know how to increase minority enrollment in colleges? Try these on for size:
1. Get rid of black “leaders” like Kweisi Mfume ranting about too few black images on TV and throw the idiot boxes out the window!
2. Demand school choice for kids in failing schools. Rescue these kids from rotten teachers who can’t even pass high school-level tests and rotting classrooms and give them with the rigorous education they need to make it in college.
3. Raise the expectations of black students by encouraging them to work hard in school. Provide a non-PC, academic environment where every child is expected to compete. Accept nothing less.
4. After you demand and get school choice nationwide, close down the teachers unions. Liberals may act like socialists, but when it comes to the cash, they’re pure capitalists. What would happen if parents had choices in education? They would flee like they’re making a jail break, which would mean less money for schools, fewer teachers and fewer excuses to whine about the “lack of funds” for education.
The unions would be highly upset and their contributions to Democrats would dwindle. If Democrats were no longer beholden to this particular special interest group, perhaps the blinders would come off and they’d actually see the plight of low-income kids.
Football, too?
Really pitiful. In a competitive, pure market-driven world like professional football, club owners are now required to call in a token black to interview to satisfy “workplace diversity.” Market-driven entertainment and pure competition are reasons 76 percent of NFL players are black, not because they meet “workplace diversity.” Why is hiring a coach any different? What if white coaches provide some sort of competitive edge that an owner wants (It’s heretical, I know) and should be allowed to have if he has the money to pay for it?
What a shame. After the dismantling of Jim Crow, America has such high hopes for a color-blind future. If blacks cannot or are unwilling to compete in American society, then society needs to provide incentives for them to do so, not lower standards and rig the game before it’s even played!
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