Originally posted by Surtur
Anyways, so I think we can all agree it's utter f*cking bullshit the bar is different for different races, right? I know this is kind of like saying "do we all agree water is wet" but still.
It has to be set like that because there is no perfect system. Asians typically school for more hours per semester than American students, and as such are exposed to more trivia. It is no secret that Blacks, and Hispanics are a minority in affluent neighborhoods. Children raised in affluent neighborhoods (White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, etc) tend to have greater exposure in terms of education. This does not mean that the children raised within ghettos are dumber, but it instead means that when it comes to testing in areas that they have never touched upon, they will logically not know the answers.
If you take heed to people like Peace Keeper, you would come to believe that Caucasian men have smaller penises, or that the size of your foot determines how large your private parts are. This of course would be a lie. It would be like saying that Spanish women have the largest breasts out of all women. How about the myth that a larger brain means that a person possesses more intelligence? On average Black people have larger brains than Caucasian people do. This does not mean that Black people are indeed more intelligent, it just means that on average, Blacks tend to have more body mass due to poorer diets. Why do Blacks have poorer diets? Well since more Blacks live below the poverty line than Caucasians, they tend to eat foods that aren't as healthy.
Body types. If you were to take heed to Peace Keeper, you would completely ignore the different body types that all ethnic groups have within them. There are three basic human body types: The Endomorph, characterized by a preponderance of body fat. The Mesomorph, marked by a well-developed musculature; and the Ectomorph, distinguished by a lack of much fat or muscle tissue. Listening to him would have you believe that all Black women have round fat behinds, which is a myth, and all White women have wide flat behinds, which is another myth.
It is not fair Surtur, but as I stated, there is no perfect system. The way that the United States (which should actually be called the Divided States) was built from it's inception, was all wrong. It is the reason for the rather large disparities in education, among other things. If you take a child out of the ghetto, and raise them in an affluent neighborhood and send them to the best schools, that child should score high on the SAT's. Since this is not possible, they do the next best thing, they lower the bar in order for these students who have equal potential to make it into ivy league colleges. It all comes down to exposure, nothing more.
Sorry for the rant people, but this Peace Keeper person has got to be one of the most ignorant human beings out there, and I felt a strong need to correct him.