Another thing that's been bothering me lately, being a baseball fan, why aren't there more black people in major league baseball? And if you really wanna talk about injustice, look at the NHL. Thats probably the most racist sports league in the world.
It starts with lawyers and we need more black lawyers in order to achieve the black vision.
Again, black students should be able to get into schools regardless of what they score on the LSAT. If you are black and you are looking to go to law school, that should be enough to ensure your place.
this is a pretty lame post. you come off as pouty. you can do better.
First let me preface this with I, unlike most people of color, did well on the LSAT.
That being said I do think that there needs to be some sort of reality check about why students of color with sky high gpa's and low LSATS can't get in to top schools. I think attention needs to be paid from the start of a person of colors education--meaning look at the schools most of us went to! From K-12 they are underfunded and poor in quality when you compare them to our white counter parts. Even at school in the Bay Area regarded as "great" like Berkeley High--this place is actually two schools in one. You have to test in to AP classes and students of color are often tracked in to classes that will not meet the admission course requirements of UC or even CSUs. So while making adjustments in comparing the LSAT scores for the students who are coming up now and applying to law school in the next 15 or so years is something we should do, imagine what would happen if the kids who are in pre-school/ kindergarten were given a quality education? What if their parents were given parenting class on how to help your child be successful in their academic career? What if they could afford healthy foods or even knew how to prepare them? Yes I know there are poor white people as well, but when you're white and you work hard #1 you are more likely to score higher on standardized tests (statistically speaking, not because they are smarter) and #2 once you work hard it is easier for you to get your foot in the door. A man of color who is trying to catch a break through hard work can't tap in to the "good old boys" network ( that is present no matter what political party you are in)
The long term answer is not affirmative action BUT it is the best thing we can do right now. In the long run what needs to be done is that our leaders and those in power (politicians, education admins, social workers, policy makers etc.) take a hard look at WHY these students aren't performing well on the LSAT and actually DO SOMETHING about it. I know I plan to.
And to the poster who said that they are not a big fan of blaming society for problems....uhhh get real. Black people still live in the land that enslaved them and racism still exists today. Several companies that reaped the benefits of slavery( i.e JPMorgan Chase and FleetBoston; insurance companies (e.g., Aetna and New York Life); railroads (Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific and CSX); tobacco companies (R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson); and a textile manufacturer (WestPoint Stevens)
Or do you think that everything is fine and all are equal? It is SOCIETY that creates the disparity between the quality of education students of color receive and that of their white peers...