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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would just ask White people to consider one point.  I will say in advance that I am not trying to stir the pot - just being honest. I am upper middle class AA.  My parents were college educated middle class.  My grandparents were college educated middle class on one side and prominent farmers on the other.  Both my parents and grandparents lived that majority of their lives in the segregated South.

Many AA's (and certainly our parents and grandparents) have experienced racism firsthand regardeless of SES.  Whites used our color and the various labels as tools of discrminination to deny equal treatment and equal opportunity.  AA's, as a method of survival, internalized these labels.

Sure, some people lean on racism as a crutch.  But many of us, rich or poor, HAVE experienced racism at some level and from some places we could not expect.  Whites now think we overreact and sometimes we do, but sometimes it IS about race.

My point is that you cannot use color and labels against a people for generations and then expect that people to disregard all of that because the world has changed somewhat.

I do agree with a PP that SES is going to be the next big -ism issue. [/quote]

That's wonderful, but why does that mean an AA should take a college admission spot of a white kid that was more qualified--their backgrounds/upbringing being equal or better for the AA kid?  The two have nothing to do with each other.

What you are talking about makes no sense from a college admissions standpoint.[/quote]

IMO, the college admissions issue has been GREATLY overblown. It sure didn't help my 3.0 GPA daughter get into UMD (and I'm an alum and we're MD residents!). [/quote]

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