[MereMere21]

Originally posted by ilovemyglo
I just read almost this entire thread- wow-
My personal feelings are that the bake sale, however tactless, was making a point, albeit one sided. But that is the great thing about freedom in America, you can have a one sided mind and it is perfectly legal. Students didn't get their message, they just got offended, which I think is sad, because I think the group really was trying to get people to think about AA.

I have seen forms of racism going both ways; my brother, a middle class white male, lost a scholarship to a minority with lower test scores and GPA, and it was his friend. They even talked about it, but in the end what can you do? It was up to the selection committee. BTW Minorities were allowed to APPLY with 5 points lower than a caucasian on the ACT, 5 points is a lot! Talk about equal OPPORTUNITY?!?
I grew up in a prodominetly black neighborhood and when I went into stores I wasn't followed like my friends. It bothered them a lot and I didn't even realize it. I was at work the other day and two men came in that were african american and they wanted information on commercial leasing, but because they were wearing blue collar clothes one of my older female collegues wandered in our huge loop and came back up front to see "if I needed help" I assisted the men and they left and she asked if I was scared, and I asked her why, and she said POINT BLANK!!! "Well, two large black men, didn't you think they were casing this place?"
My reply "would you think that if they were in suits, or if they were white in the same clothes?" Ignorant fool!

So, in the end, I don't think there is a solution. There are always people with ignorant minds, and there is always injustice to someone. I love working side by side with people of all backgrounds, but honestly, in my workplace, there is only 1 female manager, the rest are all men. That bothers me a lot too.
I don't think that women should be hired over men, and I don't think minorities should be hired over caucasians- I also don't believe the reverse should occur, I don't believe men and caucasians should be hired or accepted into a school based on those criteria.
In a perfect world, the best candidates would be hired and accepted.
But this isn't a perfect world, in case anyone didn't notice. I am not proAA, but if you can come up with a better idea, let me know! Meanwhile, I can't think up a way to keep management diverse, schools diverse, and so on and so forth.
But I am not so sure it will matter in the future since the hispanic populations is predicted to be the #1 "minority" by 2050 and it may be possible that "whites" are the minority by 2120. At the rate things are going it looks that way.

well said Sarah