For those that still don’t understand the problems with the doublespeak concerning equity.
They’re just getting out ahead of the Affirmative Action decision that’s coming. All schools will likely be doing that, at some point.
I agree with incentives to admit qualified applicants from diverse backgrounds, but there’s a fine line in such a competitive environment. Truth be told that quite frankly, you don’t have to go to MIT to get a degree. You can go so many places and get a quality education-I don’t think we’re doing anyone a favor by using a little social engineering to get people from certain races into Ivy League Schools, but I do like the idea of trying to have a diverse student body, all things being equal.
But a lot of them are and that should probably be taught. Neighborhood lines in Chicago are still drawn from redlining that existed up until the '80s. The Interstates were designed to cut through minority neighborhoods and sometimes followed the old boundary lines that kept white and black neighborhoods separate.
And it should be noted that things like this are not always intentional. Something can be racially biased but not be outright maliciously racist. A good example of that would be the history of how photography and color film often neglected darker skin tones when being developed.
America, as a whole, has been a force for good in the world. We know that America’s two original sins were slavery and Native American genocide. It is what it is. However, the country we formed became a model for Europe and many other countries around the world. Keep in mind our entries in two both world wars, our win in the fight against the Soviet Union, and the countless inventions we have shared with the world. I doubt you’ll find a country with a better overall body of work. It’s a darn near miracle what we’ve done here.
I think it bothers people that kids aren’t being taught the history of America with an emphasis on its contributions to the betterment of humanity, and, instead, are having its flaws emphasized more than anything else. Shouldn’t be that hard to cover the good and the bad.