This has been a crazy year, to say the least.
Highlights of the year
1) Simon learning he loves ice skating, Jena skating, and Oliver playing basketball
2) play lots of basketball
3) join the Mount Holyoke gym with Oliver
4) post a ton of pics to pinterest
5) visit D.C.
6) visit the Cape
7) visit Bahamas
Might as well promote my pinterest page
https://www.pinterest.com/tnobabbott/
I am going in a new direction on my blog. I had in the past posted quite a few things on Facebook. I think in the future posting on my blog would be more beneficial. Fighting with people on Facebook is about as useful as a punch to the face.
One of the issues that I have argued about in the past consistently is affirmative action. I am vehemently against affirmative action, and this is why. I argue that affirmative action is racism. Racism is the belief that one race is superior to another race. Affirmative action was put into place originally as a system to break the barriers that were inherent in many corporations, universities, and societies. What was once used to allow people of differing races to enter into a job, profession or obtain an education, is now a system of white guilt appeasement. Affirmative action was used to allow people of differing colors with the skill sets necessary or the aptitude necessary to compete with whites of similar aptitude and skill set. That is no longer the case. The case now has been to put people of color with lesser skill or lesser aptitude in positions that they could not compete for without a system in place that gives them credit for being black. It is a racist system that judges a person competent based solely on the color of their skin and not on their skill set. This is racism.
In order to matriculate in a medical school an applicant needs to have the necessary credentials to do so. An applicant must have an overall GPA >3.8 and a science GPA>3.7, a MCAT score >32, and be a well rounded individual. What constitutes a well rounded individual? Community service, having a skill in a science or non science related field (being a concert pianist, having engineering experience, etc), would constitute what medical schools would be looking for to round out a well rounded individual that would separate them from the other stellar applicants. Does being black entitle one to the criteria of being well rounded? Does diversity mean you are well rounded?
The argument for diversity usually revolves around the future patient. Many believe that patients would like to be treated by someone of their own cultural and racial makeup. However when I posted some time ago on a medical forum that there were too many Asians and that I think that impairs my ability to be seen by a white physician, I was rightfully argued against that I was being racist and that this type of thinking is unacceptable in this day and age. If it is unacceptable for me to desire to be seen by someone of my cultural and racial makeup, then why is it acceptable and sought after to go after black applicants that have lesser aptitudes than other applicants? Would it be acceptable to fill an NBA team with white players in order to meet a quota? To accept players with lesser skill, simply due to race?
Here are the facts that clearly show a discrimination towards accepting blacks with lesser qualifications than whites and asians:
MCAT Scores and GPAs for Applicants and Matriculants to U.S. Medical Schools by Race/Ethnicity, 2014
There is a large statistical gap separating the MCAT and GPAs of white/asians from blacks. This is clear racism against white/asian applicants in order to benefit black applicants. Should we be judging based on the content of a persons skill set or on the basis of the applicants skin color? If the tilt was to the opposite direction, say whites with lower GPAs and MCAT scores in comparison to blacks with higher MCAT scores and GPAs the outcry I am sure would be widespread and immediate.
Mindy Kaling's brother exposes affirmative action
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