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purpleteen Wrote:I remember when my dean first told me about CLEPs and that I needed 3 of them if I wanted to finish my Bachelo'rs in a bit over a year, she told me something which I remember shocked me. She told me that they are very easy to pass and that if Blacks pass it, so can I.
I kept quiet which, now that I look back, I think was a terrible mistake because she keeps saying those words to other students too. What makes her think that she has the right to say that? :mad:

:eek: That is a horrible thing to say and I'm surprised to hear something like that coming from the academic community, which tends to be a little bit more open-minded.

However... taking the initial racist comment apart, I wonder if she actually meant something else and just didn't communicate it well. I am TOTALLY giving her the benefit of the doubt here and disagree with what she said, but there is something else I can think of:

We know that unfortunately many standardized tests are geared towards middle to upper class white males and that other groups don't do as well because of the question biases. It's pretty well known that SAT and ACT scores for white males tend to be higher and that IQ tests are also very culturally biased. Maybe what she meant to say was that the CLEP/DSST's are standardized tests that don't seem to be slanted in favor of white males and therefore are easier tests to study for because you just have to learn the material and not worry about anything else.

I don't know... that is just a guess and I'm probably totally wrong. I'm just sincerely hoping that someone in that position wouldn't really be that idiotic and every once in a while, people say things that come out the wrong way, so I would love to believe that was not intended the way it sounded.
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racism - by STG - 07-12-2011, 02:48 PM
racism - by CLEP101 - 07-12-2011, 03:26 PM
racism - by Tasman - 07-12-2011, 04:06 PM
racism - by burbuja0512 - 07-12-2011, 04:30 PM
racism - by IgnazSemmelweis - 07-12-2011, 05:12 PM
racism - by CLEP101 - 07-12-2011, 05:58 PM
racism - by cookderosa - 07-12-2011, 07:23 PM
racism - by ryoder - 07-12-2011, 07:40 PM
racism - by jackbanta - 07-12-2011, 07:46 PM
racism - by cookderosa - 07-12-2011, 10:37 PM
racism - by ryoder - 07-13-2011, 05:07 AM
racism - by LaterBloomer - 07-13-2011, 05:25 AM
racism - by beargins - 07-13-2011, 10:01 AM
racism - by burbuja0512 - 07-13-2011, 10:34 AM
racism - by ShotoJuku - 07-13-2011, 01:25 PM
racism - by CLEP101 - 07-13-2011, 01:31 PM
racism - by burbuja0512 - 07-13-2011, 01:52 PM
racism - by ShotoJuku - 07-13-2011, 02:01 PM
racism - by CLEP101 - 07-13-2011, 02:24 PM
racism - by MomOfMany - 07-13-2011, 02:47 PM
racism - by MomOfMany - 07-13-2011, 03:51 PM
racism - by ShotoJuku - 07-13-2011, 04:06 PM
racism - by ryoder - 07-13-2011, 05:55 PM
racism - by burbuja0512 - 07-13-2011, 09:44 PM
racism - by STG - 07-13-2011, 10:13 PM
racism - by Lyanne - 07-13-2011, 11:07 PM
racism - by brothert69 - 07-14-2011, 02:18 AM
racism - by MomOfMany - 07-14-2011, 10:13 AM
racism - by MomOfMany - 07-14-2011, 10:35 AM
racism - by PonyGirl93 - 07-14-2011, 11:59 AM
racism - by STG - 07-14-2011, 12:08 PM
racism - by MomOfMany - 07-15-2011, 01:13 AM
racism - by ShotoJuku - 07-15-2011, 01:52 AM
racism - by MomOfMany - 07-15-2011, 07:17 AM
racism - by STG - 07-15-2011, 10:55 AM
racism - by rebel100 - 07-15-2011, 12:58 PM
racism - by MomOfMany - 07-15-2011, 01:10 PM
racism - by STG - 07-15-2011, 03:53 PM
racism - by MomOfMany - 07-15-2011, 04:32 PM
racism - by STG - 07-15-2011, 04:39 PM
racism - by ShotoJuku - 07-15-2011, 11:59 PM
racism - by methibosheth - 07-16-2011, 12:12 AM
racism - by scorched - 07-12-2011, 03:55 PM

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