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You were unprepared for the intellectual level of students from one of the best universities in the country?
LOL...really?
Howard University College of Law is a "Tier III and IV law school - I was just criticized yesterday for advocating Regent University(a Christian university) School of Law as a good law school. It will be interesting seeing the accessment of a HBCU - especially when many blacks subscribe to Christian morals and values.
It's not "made up" - as I just said above, it was an off-the-cuff estimate, but probably not so far from reality. I work in a LIBRARY, and you're going to question my estimate here? I'm looking at thousands of books daily, and that is around the number of white authors you'll see. But since I never claimed it was an exact number (thought that was implied), there was no need for me to back up such "claims" with statistics. If you really want this to become a scientific debate, I'd be happy to research the actual numbers for you... but again, I thought it was clear I was being facetious. Guess not!
And yes, that does mean I was trying to provoke - just as the OP and many other people here were, so I figured a sarcastic reply was warranted. My point was serious, though, and remains valid whether it's 82% or 90% of most bookstore/library collections that have white authorship. Are you trying to say I'm wrong, and that minority authors make up most of these collections?
Didn't know you can tell the race of the author by looking at his or her name.
Anybody who has a good story can sell it in the U.S. If you don't like the way it is, you have to blame the authors.
Howard University College of Law is a "Tier III and IV law school - I was just criticized yesterday for advocating Regent University(a Christian university) School of Law as a good law school. It will be interesting seeing the accessment of a HBCU - especially when many blacks subscribe to Christian morals and values.
When it comes to Christian morals and values, blacks are no difference than whites....they pay it LIP SERVICE. That's about it.
What that has to do with "assessment" of an HBCU, i have no idea.
All i know is that Howard typically has some pretty bright kids. Hell, most HBCU's regardless of ranking have some pretty sharp kids...just like any university.
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Really. I have to confess ignorance.
All I knew about Howard at that time was that they had some of the worst black basketball players I had ever seen.
Yea, well, you don't go to Howard to become a pro-baller. You go for the education, the location, the tradition (which is very deep there), and some of the most beautiful women known to man. I went to a homecoming there once, and i'm still shook up from what i saw. Good Gawd...it can make an atheist into a priest.
As for what you expected, i still don't get it. I mean, did you expect the students to rob and kill you or something? LMAO....really, they're COLLEGE STUDENTS. They're generally gonna be at least somewhat ambitious if they're in school.
Didn't know you can tell the race of the author by looking at his or her name.
I didn't know that either, which is why I never said any such thing - but I guess when you can't argue with somebody's point, it's easier to switch topics and assume things they never even said.
In case you haven't read a book in a while, most have a photo of the author on the flap. Not to mention, as a librarian and former English major, I am quite familiar with all of the classic AND contemporary popular authors.
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Anybody who has a good story can sell it in the U.S. If you don't like the way it is, you have to blame the authors.
Again with putting words in my mouth! Who said I have a problem with this? I was merely pointing out a fact, since it was asked why there is no white author section... if I commented on seeing many Japanese cars on the road, does that mean I have a problem with that? Unlikely, considering I drive a Honda.
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Fortunately this is not true in most of California - only the heavily populated areas are largely Democratic - if you look at a map of California showing county political results - the state is practically red. There are just a few pockets of solid blue in certain areas and these areas drag the state down(I live in one - but am proud to have voted to make California great once more) and are responsible for our low academic rating.
If only people would register in greater numbers as and vote Republican -we can pull this once great state out of the disaster that the Democrats have made of it.
Why can California have the 7th largest ecomomy in the world(note the contrast between this good point and the rest of my post) and yet never have a balanced budget, be driving businesses and residents to Arizona, Nevada, and Texas, and be ranked near the bottom of U.S. states for education?
Blame the Democratic Party in California - their policies have FAILED us - and our children.
Really?
Have other states, try to be next to Mexico like CA and have the weather CA does (TX while it has good weather, doesn't have great, dry weather like most of CA) and see how they turn out.
I have a Master's degree, so yes I finished college! Did I phrase that wrong? Was I supposed to say I'm still an English major? That makes no sense...
I was just curious - it seemed odd that you wouldn't state that you had a Master's degree - which more accurately describes your qualifications than saying that you once studied English.
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Did I phrase that wrong? Was I supposed to say I'm still an English major? That makes no sense...
