{"id":39,"date":"2003-06-29T20:43:05","date_gmt":"2003-06-30T00:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/06\/just_who_is_affirmative_action_helping\/"},"modified":"2003-06-29T20:43:05","modified_gmt":"2003-06-30T00:43:05","slug":"just_who_is_affirmative_action_helping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/06\/29\/just_who_is_affirmative_action_helping\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Who is Affirmative Action Helping?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just came across a post that really struck a chord<\/a> with me. Here’s a snippet:<\/p>\n

“You have to look under the surface,” my young friend cautioned. “Many students are black, it’s true. But where did they really come from? Are these the descendents of slavery? Are these students, like me, who couldn’t afford to go anywhere but the “historically black college”? And are these the people who, like me, are going to go back to their communties and teach, or be doctors, serve as models for other youths who see drug-dealing or ball or rap as better ways out of their situation? You have to ask, what is the real goal of the educational system?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I had similar observations while I was a student at Stanford. A good proportion of the Black students there were either upper class, offspring of at least one immigrant (like myself), or of mixed race (and usually grew up with their white parent). It just makes me wonder what the representation of truly ‘urban’ (I hate that word) kids was.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just came across a post that really struck a chord with me. Here’s a snippet: “You have to look under the surface,” my young friend cautioned. “Many students are black, it’s true. But where did they really come from? Are these the descendents of slavery? Are these students, like me, who couldn’t afford to… Continue reading Just Who is Affirmative Action Helping?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":326,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/05\/17\/50_years_later_and_still_segregated\/","url_meta":{"origin":39,"position":0},"title":"50 Years Later and Still Segregated","date":"May 17, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Since today's the 50th anniversary of Brown v. 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