I am absolutely flabbergasted that someone had the extreme NERVE to put this letter out.
Talk about living in a DELUSIONAL FANTASY.
I assume in their complete ignorance and delusion of self they forgot about the fact that those marginalized students would have to achieve the grades to get into an ivy league school in the first place.
I can only presume that they expected to be able to get into these schools with lower grades and ability because they are marginalized. Also, presuming that they will be skated through by teachers who will give them a passing grade just for being a certain color. Then taking it to the final step when a company will hire them for the color of their skin and not for the skill necessary to do the job. Thus turning Private sector performance into Public performance (lack there of) in a matter of years.
I am sure you know what I mean in SA.
I always attributed blacks "overblown" sense of self, otherwise known as the Dunning Kruger effect, as a coping mechanism for their glaring awareness that many of them are still living as hunter gathers in the 21 century. That they are the one race of peoples who have not completely evolved and the entire WORLD knows it. I can only imagine how hard it must be to see the disparity of the world's people and know that you are so far behind everyone. That maybe the world is right. I would have to make up some kind of story about my greatness in my mind in order to not just jump off a cliff.
The Ignorance and sense of entitlement are astounding...> " can only presume that they expected to be able to get into these schools with lower grades and ability because they are marginalized. Also, presuming that they will be skated through by teachers who will give them a passing grade just for being a certain color. Then taking it to the final step when a company will hire them for the color of their skin and not for the skill necessary to do the job. Thus turning Private sector performance into Public performance (lack there of) in a matter of years."> ...100% spot on....that's exactly what's happening here in S.A....
I knew a surgeon (white) from Norway who moved to Ethiopia, hoping to make a difference. He was brilliant and thought his skills would help to build a better healthcare system.
Catching up with him much later the one comment I took from the conversation was, "Well things here happen at a much different pace than that of the Western world." He sounded so disheartened that his dream was for nothing. He didn't want to me a white savior, just someone who could put his skills to use for the betterment of mankind. Boy was he wrong.
Hey purkiss80-
Good find. W.T.F.H!
I am absolutely flabbergasted that someone had the extreme NERVE to put this letter out.
Talk about living in a DELUSIONAL FANTASY.
I assume in their complete ignorance and delusion of self they forgot about the fact that those marginalized students would have to achieve the grades to get into an ivy league school in the first place.
I can only presume that they expected to be able to get into these schools with lower grades and ability because they are marginalized. Also, presuming that they will be skated through by teachers who will give them a passing grade just for being a certain color. Then taking it to the final step when a company will hire them for the color of their skin and not for the skill necessary to do the job. Thus turning Private sector performance into Public performance (lack there of) in a matter of years.
I am sure you know what I mean in SA.
I always attributed blacks "overblown" sense of self, otherwise known as the Dunning Kruger effect, as a coping mechanism for their glaring awareness that many of them are still living as hunter gathers in the 21 century. That they are the one race of peoples who have not completely evolved and the entire WORLD knows it. I can only imagine how hard it must be to see the disparity of the world's people and know that you are so far behind everyone. That maybe the world is right. I would have to make up some kind of story about my greatness in my mind in order to not just jump off a cliff.
This is why mixing does not work.
The Ignorance and sense of entitlement are astounding...> " can only presume that they expected to be able to get into these schools with lower grades and ability because they are marginalized. Also, presuming that they will be skated through by teachers who will give them a passing grade just for being a certain color. Then taking it to the final step when a company will hire them for the color of their skin and not for the skill necessary to do the job. Thus turning Private sector performance into Public performance (lack there of) in a matter of years."> ...100% spot on....that's exactly what's happening here in S.A....
I knew a surgeon (white) from Norway who moved to Ethiopia, hoping to make a difference. He was brilliant and thought his skills would help to build a better healthcare system.
Catching up with him much later the one comment I took from the conversation was, "Well things here happen at a much different pace than that of the Western world." He sounded so disheartened that his dream was for nothing. He didn't want to me a white savior, just someone who could put his skills to use for the betterment of mankind. Boy was he wrong.