RE: Is tolerance intolerant?
December 24, 2018 at 1:08 pm
(This post was last modified: December 24, 2018 at 1:09 pm by GrandizerII.)
(December 24, 2018 at 12:09 am)bennyboy Wrote: I've suggested methods specifically meant to reduce bias in screening-- like a blind screening process, which would 100% remove cultural bias-- which you shot down anyway, for some reason.
Because it's not true that this would 100% remove cultural bias, and I pointed out why that is. It doesn't matter if you make it a blind screening process. The way the tests are written, and the circumstances that lead to proficiency in these tests, mean black students will continue to be at a disadvantage compared to white students because the environmental factors clearly favor white over black students. Hence, the need for race-based affirmative action.
Quote:But eventually, you need some metric to determine which students will perform better. The best available education is important to all human beings-- I'd categorize it as a right-- and you'd damn well better have a metric better than skin color when you tell some kids that they won't be going to Harvard because they sunburn too easily.
Again, privilege plays an important contributing role when it comes to better performance with respect to privileged vs. not-so-privileged groups. How about you stop pretending you have such awesome solutions for these problems and instead listen to what black people themselves have to say on this matter. The more you continue to speak with such white privilege, dismissing the actual struggles (and the extent of those struggles) that black people face, the less time you have to empathize with them and the less time you have to realize you really don't know shit.