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Originally posted by artplumber
Sorry Rick, I don't see how resentment = unsuccessful program.
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I guess that would depend on what the goal of the program is. If the goal is to artificially install minorities into positions of power or success in our country and deny that same ability to white people (admittedly a small percentage of white people), then the program is a success.
If, however, the idea is to actually try and heal the wounds of racism and truly move towards an equal society where each person is judged on their merits and nothing else, the program is a dismal failure.
To illustrate my point from our profession, Art, my medical school had a special program from minority students who did not gain entrance to med school through the usual channels. These students often had mediocre grades in college or poor MCAT scores. They were placed on a special track which extended their classroom years from 2 to 3. They took the same courses as the rest of us, just took less at a time. About 80% still flunked out. Not only that, the 20% who made it were universally poor students and likely would become poor doctors.
Does that do our country any good? Is it moral or right to foist a poor doctor on the populace just because someone decided we needed more minority doctors? What about the young children who look up to that doctor? Is it good for them to have a role model who almost flunked out of medical school and is now a danger to the population? Of course, I'm sure there are success stories too, I just didn't see it at my school.