On Oct 23, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: > (No, I'm not sure just how to do that. I think giving scholarships to > appropriate colleges based on *zip code* in the US will get around any > race-based restrictions one way or the other but will get more of the > minorities in the door with carefully selected zip codes.)
I would feel much better about a geographically based solution like this than I would one that specifically targets "disadvantaged" classes of people by ethnicity or gender. I'd also feel OK with a solution that works on an income basis, although that solution is already in place in some cases. And not all of the inequities in access to education are intentional. Some could be unintended consequences of other acceptance policies. (Others may be intentional but designed to look like unintended consequences to provide a convenient excuse, so this works both ways.) But I still feel that if there is any normalization to be done, college/university acceptance is the place to do it, if not even earlier in the chain -- what about providing funding/technology support for higher teaching standards in primary schools in low income/ minority districts? Or increasing what's already in place? "Grotesque oppression isn't okay just because it's been institutionalized." -- Toby Ziegler _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
