I once attended a law school in a post-graduate level. 50% of my class was black.
Some of them were great but a couple of the black students were what I call “angry entitled”. Not only were they there on grant (not paying) but they were belligerent ignorant. They would loudly ‘AX’ questions and would get angry when their two paragraph legal dissertation got an undeserved ‘C’.
When they couldn’t understand something they got ghetto angry at the whole concept. Man you be tripin’ dat some stupid ass s t man.
They did not belong there and basically disrupted the whole class.
But of course they passed and graduated with the rest of us. And I am sure that their whole career will have people covering and tiptoing around them. And they will know it, expect it, and like it. Se la vie
I know exactly what you mean. It isn’t recognized how affirmative action policies degrade all backs, even those who work hard and have ability. For example, I was fortunate in being able to pursue my M.A. at an Ivy League university. There were a few present who were obviously there because of affirmative action and they were in over their heads. We (and I don’t mean only whites but Asians, etc.) privately laughed at them and referred to them as “affirmative action fakers.” To this day, I can’t help but wonder when I see an ‘educated’ black if he/she is also an “affirmative action faker” who deprived a more qualified person from getting an education who worked and sacrificed much more to get it. I know it’s wrong to prejudge or stereotype a person on the basis of race or ethnicity, but I can’t deny or forget my own life experience. And I adamantly maintain that any such preferences are not only un-American but don’t help - in the long run - those they were intended to help. Regards,