Blacksmythe

When voters in the state of Michigan passed a referendum that would render affirmative action based on race (and gender i think) illegal in contracting and in college admission, I knew that this would happen. Take a look around college campuses–not just historically black colleges and universities–and the gender gap is real. This entire year I’ve taught around 80 kids I think. Of the 80, I believe that only 15 have been men. Now to be fair my classes are self-selected at this point–I don’t teach any introductory classes, and probably because of a belief that my class may be biased against them I might not have a lot of white male students wanting to take my class anyway.

Yet and still I believe that what I am dealing with will soon be the norm.

Here is Amber Arellano’s take.

Although the headline of the article is subtly misleading (hence my change above), she hits all the marks. This is another case of black and latino communities serving as the Miner’s Canary. I wonder how long it’ll be before the referendum gets repealed, or slightly modified?

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