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Re: Dreaming the impossible dream, more minorities in gifted classes

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From: wismel
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:18
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On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:33:10 -0800, "Baxter"
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>"Yer Pal Al" <caddyshack.al@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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>On Nov 29, 9:49 am, "Baxter" <lbax02.spamgu...@baxcode.com> wrote:
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>>> Those IQ tests are designed by whites for European/Americans and don't 
>>> take
>>> into account for differences in types of IQ.
>>
>>How do we get more black kids into engineering? There are about 300
>>engineers where I work and only one of them is black. 1% of my
>>graduating class was black (~3% were Mexican women) and almost all
>>flunked out.
>
>It's often a matter of money - both in aquiring an education and then 
>afterwards.  Does no use to sacrifice to get a degree and then find that, 
>because of the color of your skin, you can't get a job in the field -- and 
>if you do, the whites around you mutter about "Affirmative Action". 
>Rightwads claim that there is no racial bias anymore, but if that were true 
>there would have been far more than 1% in your class.
>
>>The commonality between all blacks that I know that are successful in
>>engineering and science is that they act like Republicans and reject
>>black identity culture.
>
>In essence, to succeed in the White Man's World, you have to become a White 
>Man.  The Indians noticed that too - and some famous Indians basically had 
>dual personas:  one for living on the reservation, and another when out in 
>the White Man's World. 

Be assured that in the real world talent, which means making money for
the organization, reins supreme. 

ted


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