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June 24, 2003Hopwood is DeadBy Byron LaMastersFrom today's Austin American Statesman:
There is no program in place at the moment, but it is likely that the graduate and professional programs, where racial imbalance is the greatest, will see changes first. My thoughts? I think that this is good for UT. Since Hopwood, minority representation at UT, especially African-American representation at UT has been atrocious. It's shameful that a state university has only 3-4% African Americans in a state that is 12% African American. Is that a problem of affirmative action? No. Is it because Black people aren't qualified to go to UT? No. It's because too many African Americans are not given the opportunity to get a college education, because of our state's (and our nation's) failure to ensure a quality (pre-k through high school) education for all of our children, and give everyone a reasonable opportunity to afford a quality college education. Until the inequalities in pre-college education are addressed, without affirmative action, we discriminate against minorities, and children of poor families, Black and White, that did not have the opportunities that most college students (white suburbanites) had. Affirmative action is the imperfect solution until the problem of education inequality at the younger level is addressed. I'm white, but I'm also better off for being exposed to diversity. Part of a college education is being exposed to people of different backgrounds, of different races, of different countries, of different religions, of different sexual orientations and more. We're all better off for that diversity, and that diversity gives us a better understanding of the world, and the people that we share it with. For those interested, here is some background on the Hopwood case from 1996, which banned affirmative action at the University of Texas. Posted by Byron LaMasters at June 24, 2003 12:20 PM | TrackBack
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As we concluded earlier, I oppose drawing districts on racial lines and you believe it is acceptable to make up for past discrimination, I think it is very similar to our positions on affirmitive action. I support Ward Connerly's California Civil Rights Initiative which would simply eliminate the racial boxes folks presently check. Some of today's Firing Lines were thoughtful along those lines. Posted by: TX Pundit at June 24, 2003 01:57 PM
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