Reply #164: Yes??? Where does THAT say anything about substitution? [View All]

[MercutioATC]

He's simply saying that affirmative action programs have so far been based only on race. He believes that we should "look at" programs based "not on race" but on class (in addition to current race-based programs).

I think we ought to look at programs in schools based, not on the "3 R's", but on teaching children to think for themselves. Am I advocating abandoning Reading, Writing and Arithmetic? Of course not. I'm advocating looking at basing an education philosophy on additional factors.