The Oregon Department of Education gave in to federal pressure to throw out their plan to hold schools to lower standards for minority students. If this plan were implemented, white and privleged students would have been held to higher standards until 2014, when standards would be equalized. The Oregonian has a good editorial on the whole issue.
This is just another example of liberal-minded officials actually hurting people of color by making it appear that minorities can't achieve anything without the government's aid (e.g. affirmative action).
posted by Sho | 3:30 PM |
