Way Back Jack wrote:
> On 29 Jul 2006 10:19:30 -0700, "laraine" <lariadc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> >So what is being implied here, if one
> >> >deconstructs your text a bit, is that
> >> >African-Americans have been quite
> >> >involved in the sciences and with
> >> >invention, much more than most of
> >> >us generally realize, in spite of the
> >> >fact that, in the past, they were often
> >> >not admitted to many universities simply
> >> >because of the color of their skin.
> >> >And it is also true that the exact details
> >> >of their contributions have sometimes
> >> >been mythologized, just as contributions
> >> >of many historical figures have been.
> >>
> >> Actually, American society has bent over backwards to try to educate
> >> blacks but as long as black youth have the prevailing thought "Oh
> >> edumacaushun be a whyte thang." it ain't gonna happen, hon.
> >>
> >
> >I'm being quite serious here.
> >We're talking about the late 19th and early 20th
> >century, when Jim Crow laws in the South
> >segregated schools, and talented blacks
> >generally attended 'Negro colleges,' which
> >sometimes emphasized more of a community
> >college atmosphere rather than a university one.
> >I'm not sure about the situation in the North--
> >DuBois did graduate from Harvard in 1890.
>
> And now that society bends over backwards for blacks to become
> educated, even to the point of providing unconstitutional racial
> preferences, the academic achievement gap keeps widening.
>
That has been discussed before in misc.education,
and I believe it was stated that it is not clear that
preference points given to blacks added up to
more than those given to whites for other reasons.
In addition, even if blacks get some help when
going to college, many of them have been at a
disadvantage all their lives in inner city schools,
so I don't see how that could work well.
> >>
> >> >Good to know. I looked up a few
> >> >of the names in wikipedia to learn
> >> >more, and got information about some
> >> >very accomplished people indeed.
> >> >
> >> >C. (laraine)
> >>
> >> If you choose to live in fantasy world, knock y'self out.
> >
> >
> >Wikipedia describes a fantasy world???
>
> A lotta feel-good left wing propaganda in Wikipedia.
It seems fair to me, though a bit US-centered. (Would
have to read it in other languages to know for sure.)
C.
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