MY SAY: DIVERSITY HAPPENS WITHOUT QUOTAS
I went to the Bronx High School of Science, year of don’t ask, don’t tell. At that time the class was predominantly Jewish, immigrants as well as first generation Americans. The diversity was economic- wealthier kids from stately doormen buildings in Manhattan, and working class students from the Bronx, but all passed a highly competitive test to gain admission.
Formerly an all boys school, in 1946 under the guidance of Principal Morris Meister, the faculty and parents the school became co-ed without any local government mandates.
Over the ensuing years the demographics changed, and more blacks and Hispanics, as well as a significant number of Asians entered the school. No government or local intervention. Today, the majority of students are Asian, a fact that ruffles “progressive” feathers and local leaders lobby for a lowering of admission standards to achieve “diversity.”
That is really ridiculous! Great diversity exists in the Asian-American community. A Filipino has nothing in common with a Lebanese, who has nothing in common with Korean or Chinese students, who have nothing in common with Saudis or Arab Israelis (Israel is an Asian nation).
Much of this mirrors higher education where universities and colleges opened admissions and abandoned formerly restrictive quotas without any legislative interference.
The obsession with diversity has had the pernicious effect of restoring the once reviled quotas…..rsk
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