Wednesday, February 18, 2004
New scholarship Created for Whites Only
CNN reports today that the Republican Club at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island has created a whites only scholarship as a way of protesting affirmative action programs which favor minorities.
Of course, judging anyone on the basis of anything other than their character is wrong.
This is not the only time recently that a college club as done something outrageous to protest special treatment given to specific groups of students. Walter Williams reported on an affirmative action bake sale at UCLA which charged kids different prices for cookies and cakes based upon the color of their skin.
Despite these activities, and although prejudice certainly still exists, it is clear we are moving closer to a color-blind society. I see encouraging evidence of this in the neighborhood in which I live, with the people with whom I work, and in the voluntary associations of people on the street or in restaurants.
Which is why the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Michigan undergraduate and law school admission policies stuck me as so out of step with our times. Although the court ruled unconstitutional a point system which gave minorities a significant advantage toward being granted acceptance in the undergraduate case, the justices found in regard to the law school that creating diversity in the classroom is a compelling state interest. I think the compelling state interest should be in providing a high quality education to its students.
Why would anyone want to gain acceptance to law school or medical school except on the basis of achievement?
Here is Cato's Roger Pilon expressing these same ideas in The Court Stumbles Again.
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Of course, judging anyone on the basis of anything other than their character is wrong.
This is not the only time recently that a college club as done something outrageous to protest special treatment given to specific groups of students. Walter Williams reported on an affirmative action bake sale at UCLA which charged kids different prices for cookies and cakes based upon the color of their skin.
Despite these activities, and although prejudice certainly still exists, it is clear we are moving closer to a color-blind society. I see encouraging evidence of this in the neighborhood in which I live, with the people with whom I work, and in the voluntary associations of people on the street or in restaurants.
Which is why the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Michigan undergraduate and law school admission policies stuck me as so out of step with our times. Although the court ruled unconstitutional a point system which gave minorities a significant advantage toward being granted acceptance in the undergraduate case, the justices found in regard to the law school that creating diversity in the classroom is a compelling state interest. I think the compelling state interest should be in providing a high quality education to its students.
Why would anyone want to gain acceptance to law school or medical school except on the basis of achievement?
Here is Cato's Roger Pilon expressing these same ideas in The Court Stumbles Again.
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