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Lack of exposure? Incompetent education systems that fail to promote careers to their students or prepare them for beyond high school? i'm just a jaded teacher (of color) and i see too many of our kids just not being presented with enough options by their parents, professionals and peers. Sorry if i sound bitter. But hey, my sisters and attorney and she does what she can to spread the word!
cuz your "kind" are generally being the ones being defended lol
It's because of the culture. Look at how you squeeze "(like myself)" into your question. It's not about you, and sadly a lot of people of color think they are entitled or privilidged. The socialist ticket only takes you so far.
unfair socio-economic conditions that are vestiges of slavery and centuries of opression. which makes affirmative action justice, instead of unfair.
Probably a variety of reasons. What fraction of college graduates are people of color? Probably not much more than 10%. Then, there is the cost. People from low income backgrounds are often much more nervous about borrowing large amounts of money than people from wealthier backgrounds. This probably intimidates a lot of the people of color who have the background, talent, and desire to go to law school.
Probably because some do not choose the law profession in the first place and others have not considered it as a career. I always thought there should be much more emphasis on careers such as law starting in elementary school to prepare the kids and give them enough information re careers to start considering which path they want to take.
Because of racism. Racism "does" exist maybe they just don't realize that. I wish for a better world.
Thx for the correction. English is not my 1st language.
Btw, I have a source. There is an experiment. They send two SAME applications. One using more common name like John and Alex (british name basically) and the other using name that sounds common to "Colour" people like Black or Latino or Asians. And the result, most of the companies choose the applicant that sounds British (even everything's the same in the application). SO yes, racism "DOES" exist but there are some other aspects as well that contribute to the number the asker above mentions. I agree that maybe economy conditions and choice of living and the number of colour applicants make the number too but I just wanna say that sometimes racism have an impact too.
Because people cry racism like the dude above me instead of just working hard for something.
And it's "does exist" not "do exist".
I really don't know why. Because there are lenient standards for admissions to graduate schools for minorities. You don't even have to solely compete with the majority.
Lots of things, I think - racism, poverty, and let's face it, working full time and studying law is near impossible. Law school is simply not doable for many people who are poor, and poverty rates are very high in communities of color. Many students I have worked with come in to the school system with strikes against them already, and you can't learn when your stomach is growling or your house burnt down. Services for these students are very limited, they just don't have any support. It is a systemic problem to a great degree. Look at some of these answers- these people actually think we have an advantage! And conservative white america promots this perspective leading in turn to more racism, less support for programs that help (white and minority students).
I am Latina, but look white. I hear stuff that the rest of the family does not, because people don't guess right away that I am not "one of them" Of course, this leads to me never talking to those people again, but I hear it. There is a lot of racism in society, it isn't over. When I finished hs, people said I got into an ivy because I am Latina- I got in because my scores were off the chart and I read four languages fluently. I also took extra classes so that I was in school from 8am to 7pm many days a week.
White women have benefited more from affirmative action than any other population. I wish people would find out what affirmative action is before making racist and ignorant statements about it.
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