U.S., U.K. UNIVERSITIES: WHITE, MIDDLE CLASS STUDENTS HANDICAPPED

A sudden and irresistible power shift is taking place across the U.S. and the U.K. (and most certainly other countries in the free world) in which the white races and the middle classes, who previously rose to ascendancy by work and persistence are about to be relegated to the bottom of the pecking order by an artificially imposed new order. U.K.: As a kind of reverse Apartheid, earlier this year, in a move that 'smacks of social engineering', changes were initiated which were intended to handicap young people from white, middle class families wishing to enter university. In other words, no matter how motivated, smart and prepared to work hard you are, you could be refused admittance into British universities because of your parents or your birthright. Bill Rammell, the Higher Education Minister, confirmed ... that the (Blair) Government was backing the changes.

Middle-class pupils face losing out on university places if their parents have degrees and professional jobs, after changes to the admissions system. For the first time, applicants will be asked to reveal whether their parents also went to university, as part of moves to attract more working-class students into higher education.

The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) said yesterday that it had also decided that information on the occupation and ethnicity of applicants’ parents should also be made available to admissions officers. Previously this had been held back until after places were offered. Read more here.

The trend is on the rise in the U.S. too with schools taking 'affirmative action' in trying to overcompensate non-white students in both opportunities and within an anti-white curriculum. As DJ Konservo comments:

...laws that force racial and sexual diversity by means of preferential treatment regardless of merit or qualification overstep the rights afforded to all American citizens and trample the fundamental principles of our society. Preferential laws have proven to fall far short of ‘remedying’ the poverty and poor education in minority populations. Have affirmative action policies as critical a role in our society as supporters (such as the ACLU and the Rainbow Coalition) would have us believe?

DJ's comments were made as a response to a case in which The University of Michigan Law School had discriminated against a white student, Ms. Grutter on the basis of the fact that she was white. Here is a partial transcript of the court document:

The University of Michigan Law School (Law School), one of the Nation’s top law schools, follows an official admissions policy that seeks to achieve student body diversity through compliance with Regents of Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265. Focusing on students’ academic ability coupled with a flexible assessment of their talents, experiences, and potential, the policy requires admissions officials to evaluate each applicant based on all the information available in the file, including a personal statement, letters of recommendation, an essay describing how the applicant will contribute to Law School life and diversity, and the applicant’s undergraduate grade point average (GPA) and Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) score. Additionally, officials must look beyond grades and scores to so-called “soft variables,” such as recommenders’ enthusiasm, the quality of the undergraduate institution and the applicant’s essay, and the areas and difficulty of undergraduate course selection. The policy does not define diversity solely in terms of racial and ethnic status and does not restrict the types of diversity contributions eligible for “substantial weight,” but it does reaffirm the Law School’s commitment to diversity with special reference to the inclusion of African-American, Hispanic, and Native-American students, who otherwise might not be represented in the student body in meaningful numbers. By enrolling a “critical mass” of underrepresented minority students, the policy seeks to ensure their ability to contribute to the Law School’s character and to the legal profession.

When the Law School denied admission to petitioner Grutter, a white Michigan resident with a 3.8 GPA and 161 LSAT score, she filed this suit, alleging that respondents had discriminated against her on the basis of race in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and 42 U.S.C. § 1981; that she was rejected because the Law School uses race as a “predominant” factor, giving applicants belonging to certain minority groups a significantly greater chance of admission than students with similar credentials from disfavored racial groups; and that respondents had no compelling interest to justify that use of race. The District Court found the Law School’s use of race as an admissions factor unlawful.

As I've commented in the past, I believe that there is a global trend towards crushing the hegemony of white, Anglo-Saxon predominance by a virulent form of social engineering. Gone is the merit-based competition-focused system and in its place is the spawn of socialism where the tall poppy must be cut down for tall poppies are no longer permitted in these endless fields of clover. Will we become the hunted, the hounded, the pariahs of the new world?

Cross-posted here