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- From: Terry.Parks@launchpad.unc.edu (Terry Parks)
- Subject: Re: Racist/Sexist Role Models
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- >I hate to take offence at the last sentence of a long post, but I strongly
- >object to the inference that blacks get preferential treatment in the classroom
- >and in grading. I have NEVER, in my years as a student at three institutions,
- >including one in the UC system, observed such incidents.
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- Many colleges provide special preferred academic treatment for Blaks.
- These include lower admission standards (in effect, adding points to SAT
- scores, etc.), tutoring, mentoring, organization memberships, which are
- denied Caucasian students. Perhaps you didn't realize such advantages
- made available to you were race restricted.
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