Ham Murabi
Plumbing the Depths
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The Florida State Board of Education passed a plan that lowers expectations for student achievement based on race. The plan's goal is for 90 percent of Asians, 88 percent of whites, 81 percent of Hispanics and 74 percent of blacks to be reading at or above grade level by 2018. The state set similarly offensive goals for math. Blacks and Hispanics should be outraged by this plan rather than supportive of the Obama administration's view of "empowering" minorities, which only further lowers their kids' achievement. For some time, the White House has been pressuring schools to lower their standards for certain racial and ethnic groups. Apparently, they're committed to what former President George W. Bush termed "the soft bigotry of low expectations."
Proponents of the plan claim the change is necessary because some students are not starting out on equal footing with others, despite Head Start and dozens of other government programs designed to improve minority children's performance. But what are we saying as a nation if we pigeonhole our children's potential based on the Left's classification by color? Leftists are always quick to tout themselves as colorblind egalitarians, but this abhorrent plan once again exposes the truth: They're okay with racial profiling as long as, in their opinion, it benefits the minority. The conservative view is that when you treat people differently based on something like race, it never truly benefits anyone, especially the minority. One can only hope and pray that the courts agree. The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a case brought by a white student fighting the race-based admissions policy at the University of Texas, a case that could have ramifications down the line.
Proponents of the plan claim the change is necessary because some students are not starting out on equal footing with others, despite Head Start and dozens of other government programs designed to improve minority children's performance. But what are we saying as a nation if we pigeonhole our children's potential based on the Left's classification by color? Leftists are always quick to tout themselves as colorblind egalitarians, but this abhorrent plan once again exposes the truth: They're okay with racial profiling as long as, in their opinion, it benefits the minority. The conservative view is that when you treat people differently based on something like race, it never truly benefits anyone, especially the minority. One can only hope and pray that the courts agree. The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a case brought by a white student fighting the race-based admissions policy at the University of Texas, a case that could have ramifications down the line.
