Thursday, April 10, 2008

When will people quit trying to vault themselves above others?

I saw what I think is the most ignorant story ever on News Channel 8. I don't blame them for covering the story, though. People need to know about the foolishness people are trying to use in an official capacity.

The story was about some study done by the Fairfax County, Va. Public Schools. This study concluded that Asians and Whites score better in their life skills and morality than blacks, hispanics and those in special education.

What in the world?

The same lady said she is glad the school district isn't running from data also said it wasn't a research study. If it isn't a research study, why are they even discussing this drivel in a school board meeting?

What does race have to do with someone's life skills and morality?
Life skills are based on nurture along with morality.

A study that concludes that someone's blackness or hispanic-ness has anything to do with their life skills and morality is tantamount to the stupidity of physiognomy which was popular during Victorian times.

It never stops. From over-rated test scores to ratings on morality and character based on race? How about based on racism? Who determines which life skills are valuable?

Why do we live in a country where these studies continually grind a spiked, steel-toe boot in the faces of "minorities." I am sick of it. These damn reports are proof that King's dream is far away. It seems some people are unconsciously looking for a reason to treat certain groups of people worse... and now, if the ideas of this study are mainstreamed, closet racists will have an excuse to treat people of color poorly... and they'll say it's based on the content of character.

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