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I don't think solving the funding issue would directly solve the performance issue because this is a problem with multiple variables like you have mentioned. W

I don't think solving the funding issue would directly solve the performance issue because this is a problem with multiple variables like you have mentioned. When we talk about stable 2 parent households we need to consider the fact that many black and Hispanic families are torn apart due to the higher incarceration rates for black and Hispanics when compared to whites, even for doing the same crime. When you split a family apart, even for a few years, and especially during the formative years of a child's life this will have a detrimental impact on their lives. High income and the ability to afford tutors is also affected by not only education (as college educated workers earn more) but again by incarnation: if your husband is in jail you've lost his income, how can you afford a tutor? Especially if you don't have a great job due to your own struggles. Even when looking at health there are discrepancies among the races that is affected by institutional racism: look at Flint, MI. Those kids are not going to perform as well as their peers down the road no matter what. Minority neighborhoods are also flooded with fast food chains because these corporations have made it clear that they are targeting these populations. There are so many factors that we as Americans need to deal with, it's like placing whack a mole or untangling yarn that has been woven for hundreds of years. Almost every aspect of our day to day lives are affected by the policies of our past. We need to study them deeply and figure out a plan of action or we will continue to plug our fingers into the hole until another one springs up.

waterhouse 8y ago
> When we talk about stable 2 parent households we need to consider the fact that many black and Hispanic families are torn apart Given that these things are happening, do you think it's good for colleges to accept less-prepared students whom life or people have mistreated over better-prepared students whom life has treated well? (Because that seems to be the position of affirmative action advocates.)
- 40acres 8y ago
  I think we should bypass the solution of Affirmative Action and really work on the fundamental issues of America which lead to solutions like Affirmative Action. In my ideal world AA would not exist because it would not be necessary. So by principle you can call me anti-Affirmative Action. I do think however it would be interesting for elite colleges to allocate a percentage of freshman / graduate admissions to "experiment" on bringing in students who may fall outside the criteria they use to evaluate most candidates. I think you could learn a lot from that kind of experimentation.
castlecrasher2 8y ago
Some of those are good reasons that someone would have a harder time in life, but AA doesn't look at that; it looks solely at your race. >Minority neighborhoods are also flooded with fast food chains because these corporations have made it clear that they are targeting these populations. I'm honestly not sure how you can look at that as anything but minorities like fast food so corporations build there.

waterhouse 8y ago

> When we talk about stable 2 parent households we need to consider the fact that many black and Hispanic families are torn apart Given that these things are happening, do you think it's good for colleges to accept less-prepared students whom life or people have mistreated over better-prepared students whom life has treated well? (Because that seems to be the position of affirmative action advocates.)

40acres 8y ago
I think we should bypass the solution of Affirmative Action and really work on the fundamental issues of America which lead to solutions like Affirmative Action. In my ideal world AA would not exist because it would not be necessary. So by principle you can call me anti-Affirmative Action. I do think however it would be interesting for elite colleges to allocate a percentage of freshman / graduate admissions to "experiment" on bringing in students who may fall outside the criteria they use to evaluate most candidates. I think you could learn a lot from that kind of experimentation.

castlecrasher2 8y ago

Some of those are good reasons that someone would have a harder time in life, but AA doesn't look at that; it looks solely at your race. >Minority neighborhoods are also flooded with fast food chains because these corporations have made it clear that they are targeting these populations. I'm honestly not sure how you can look at that as anything but minorities like fast food so corporations build there.