The ever vigilant Pat Buchanan is on target again, this time regarding a disturbing phenomenon that has been taking place in the admissions offices at elite universities throughout the country.
According to Buchanan's latest piece for World Net Daily, the multicultural miasma has clouded admissions policies to such an extent that it can only be likened to a racialist caste system in which those of European or Asian origin are handicapped at ridiculous rates when compared to their Black and Hispanic peers.
Buchanan cites as evidence a recent study revealing the prejudice in America's elite universities. The results have been summarized by Princeton Professor Russell K. Nieli, who states, "To have the same chance of gaining admission as a black student with a SAT score of 1100, a Hispanic student otherwise equally matched in background characteristics would have to have 1230, a white student a 1410, and an Asian student a 1550."
Often times I am asked what Youth for Western Civilization is standing against when we cite our opposition to radical multiculturalism. If this is not a clear enough example, I am not sure what else is.
Apparently elite schools are even demanding that the extracurricular activities a prospective student is involved in adhere to the leftist worldview. Participating in a more traditionalist extracurricular such as a junior ROTC Program, Future Farmers of America, or a 4-H Club can in fact hinder your chances at admittance to most upper echelon universities.
According to Dr. Nieli, "Excelling in these activities is 'associated with 60 or 65 percent lower odds on admissions."
Western Society has been built on the backbone of the highly intelligent individuals who were imparted with a classical education and willed themselves to greatness through the strength of their character. Learning about their culture and history endowed them with both a sense of where they came from and with an awareness of the responsibilities that were placed bestowed upon them.
In a world where we continue to promote individuals predicated upon such ridiculously biased standards at the expense of the actual content of one’s mind, is it any wonder our society is in its current condition?
Go here to read Buchanan's take on the subject.
