Fredl11971
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"diversity" comments
Flieger83:
I respectfully disagree with your reprimand of Miiikey for his "white male" comment. You sum up your post by stating "Let's leave the comments about background/race/etc., out of an excellent discussion, okay?" This shows a clear double standard. There are multiple posts by members of racial minorities asking about potential favorable treatment and none of these posters have ever been reprimanded or threatened with censure. Most recently one prospective applicant stated "I am Hispanic and Italian" and then asked about special treatment for the Hispanic ethnic group. The moderator did not comment on this post even though it clearly violated your purported rule of leaving out comments about "background/race/ etc."
This website is a "public forum" under the law and the First Amendment protects all individuals posting here. To have a government representative threaten censure comes very close to a First Amendment violation. In our country we must respect all speech whether we like it or not. The forum could make a rule completely prohibiting all mention of race or ethnicity as you infer but that is clearly not the case because members of ethnic and racial minorities are often allowed to reference their background without the threat of censure. But as soon as a white male references his background he is reprimanded.
On the substantive issue, the AFA clearly cares about race and ethnicity. The very first question on the summer seminar application (after name and DOB) inquires about the applicants race and ethnic background. This question comes even before citizenship and SAT scores. There are no questions about economic hardship or medical hardship as you reference in your post.
Our government has clearly decided that racial minorities, and at least one ethnic minority, (Hispanics) are going to be given a preference in hiring and academy admissions. At the moment this is perfectly legal and many Americans support this policy. If this was not the case, there would be no reason to inquire about an applicants race or ethnicity. The Supreme Court has recently granted certiorari and agreed to address this issue once again so this policy may change before the end of this year.
This is a valid and timely issue that effects all applicants and it is a perfectly acceptable topic for discussion among college applicants and their parents. This discussion should be done in a respectful and appropriate manner but forbidding any discussion of racial issues is unnecessary and may even be violative of the law if it is not enforced uniformly for all groups.
Thank you.
Flieger83:
I respectfully disagree with your reprimand of Miiikey for his "white male" comment. You sum up your post by stating "Let's leave the comments about background/race/etc., out of an excellent discussion, okay?" This shows a clear double standard. There are multiple posts by members of racial minorities asking about potential favorable treatment and none of these posters have ever been reprimanded or threatened with censure. Most recently one prospective applicant stated "I am Hispanic and Italian" and then asked about special treatment for the Hispanic ethnic group. The moderator did not comment on this post even though it clearly violated your purported rule of leaving out comments about "background/race/ etc."
This website is a "public forum" under the law and the First Amendment protects all individuals posting here. To have a government representative threaten censure comes very close to a First Amendment violation. In our country we must respect all speech whether we like it or not. The forum could make a rule completely prohibiting all mention of race or ethnicity as you infer but that is clearly not the case because members of ethnic and racial minorities are often allowed to reference their background without the threat of censure. But as soon as a white male references his background he is reprimanded.
On the substantive issue, the AFA clearly cares about race and ethnicity. The very first question on the summer seminar application (after name and DOB) inquires about the applicants race and ethnic background. This question comes even before citizenship and SAT scores. There are no questions about economic hardship or medical hardship as you reference in your post.
Our government has clearly decided that racial minorities, and at least one ethnic minority, (Hispanics) are going to be given a preference in hiring and academy admissions. At the moment this is perfectly legal and many Americans support this policy. If this was not the case, there would be no reason to inquire about an applicants race or ethnicity. The Supreme Court has recently granted certiorari and agreed to address this issue once again so this policy may change before the end of this year.
This is a valid and timely issue that effects all applicants and it is a perfectly acceptable topic for discussion among college applicants and their parents. This discussion should be done in a respectful and appropriate manner but forbidding any discussion of racial issues is unnecessary and may even be violative of the law if it is not enforced uniformly for all groups.
Thank you.
