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Saturday, July 12, 2003
Mr. Connerly has been in the news a whole lot lately, perhaps whipped into a fury by the outcome of the Supreme Court Affirmative Action case. Besides CRENO, he's taking on Michigan and now ethnically separate orientations and graduations.
According to the proposal, UC cannot sponsor "race restrictive" events. If it is passed, no university money will finance any race-, ethnicity- or sexual orientation-targeted activities.I've always wondered about minority graduations. They're not a learning experience; by definition, this is the formal end of undergraduate University learning. Certainly on the face of it it creates an unimpressive display of racial dislike. The big commencement is almost entirely white and asian; it also gets all the press and perks. The other graduations seem ghettoized by comparison. Smaller. Less flashy. On the other hand, this arrangement works. Minority students enjoy the community, and not being the conspiciously smaller group whose last name the speaker stumbles over. The relatives, who Graduation is for, seem to enjoy it just fine. The big Commencement is still open for everybody who wants to attend. If the complaint is that undergrads should learn a lesson in tolerance, it seems a little late for social engineering.Email This Post! |
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