I was recently sent a link to an article by Debbie's cousin Kate, that was published in the Ann Arbor News. Here is a related article from the Washington Post. Figuring out why they are related is left as an exercise for the reader.

Affirmative action: The premise that certain minorities (not all; in fact only Blacks and Hispanics) are inherently inferior to everyone else.

That's my view of affirmative action. Use as many words as you need to prove that I am incorrect in my view. And just so we can get it out of the way: Yes, yes, I'm a racist pig that thinks slavery and Jim Crow were good ideas. I beat my wife and daughter like drums three times a day. I torture puppies. I'm so busy being oppressive, I barely have time to sexually harass my female (and sometimes, male) coworkers. Now, do you have anything to say other than name calling?

Some details in what will likely turn out to be a not-very-well-organized essay.

The Ann Arbor not-really-News article states that the Black acceptance rate to Harvard would drop from 34 to 12 percent, and the Hispanic acceptance rate would drop from 27 to 13 percent if affirmative action were to end. White admissions would stay the same, and Asian admissions would replace the Blacks and Hispanics.

Now, lets look at this "news" from several angles.

First, who benefits from ending affirmative action? Whites, right? I mean, affirmative action was created to address systemic exclusion of Blacks by Whites (it was only later that Hispanics were added in). Presumably, the lowest scoring incoming Whites get knocked off the ladder to make room for Blacks that just barely didn't qualify. Except that isn't what is happening. Exceptionally bright Asians are being denied entry into Harvard to make room for provably unqualified Blacks and Hispanics. So Asians are being punished because (long-dead) Whites were mean to (long dead) Blacks. No wonder Asians hate Blacks. (If you doubt this, look up the details of the latest LA riots. Or have an honest conversation with an Asian immigrant.)

Second point: This article doesn't talk about it, but it really doesn't matter what percentage of incoming freshman at Harvard are Black, I can guarantee that no where near that percentage ever graduate. To start with, using this study's own numbers, 2/3 of them shouldn't even be there and, thus, are not capable of doing the work. They would likely excel in a second-tier or state university, but instead, they get pummeled and eventually drop out. The low graduation rates gives the Black "community" something else to complain about and blame on Whites. The universities respond by inflating grades; hence the second article I linked to above.

Point three: If you want to get into a a top-tier university, you actually have to do some work in high school. The Black "community" does not value education. Instead, Black "heroes" invariably are thugs or criminals that play basketball, or think they are musicians because they can grunt rhythmically and incoherently into a microphone. Many say that White "oppression" prevents Blacks from doing well academically in high school.

So lets look at a shining example of what Blacks do when there are no Whites around to oppress them.

Washington D.C. has a Black mayor, an all-Black city council, an all-Black school board, nearly-all-Black school administrators and teachers, and a nearly-all-Black student body. Per-pupil spending is double the national average at well over $10,000 per student.

What do the D.C. schools produce? The worst test scores in the nation. One of the highest drop-out rates in the nation. One of the highest teen-pregnancy rates in the nation. One of the highest on-campus crime rates in the nation. By nearly every measure, D.C. schools are at or near the bottom in the nation.

Wow. I'm in awe of the Black "community." So is one of its own.

I will repeat: if you expect to get into a top-tier school, you have to excel while taking the hardest classes you can find in high school. That's what the Asian and White kids do to get into Harvard. If that is beyond you, then maybe you shouldn't be in Harvard.

I could say a lot more, but I'm probably already in enough trouble. Fortunately, I left the Black "community" a couple hundred miles away, and moved someplace that has never heard of it. For now. But even if the Black "community" finds me, that's OK; the world is full of places that don't have malls.