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… In Reference To The Recent Supreme Court Case & Decision: Students For Fair Admissions (SFAA) v. UNC & Harvard …
… While The 6-3 Majority May Have Decided The ‘Students for Fair Admissions v UNC & Harvard College’ Case Correctly … ‘Based on the Most Strict & Narrow’ Reading of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution …
… The Lawyers for SFAA During the Harvard Portion Of The Case Stated That …
“… If Harvard Stops Using A VOLUNTARY Check of a Box on the Demographics Portion of the Admissions Application to Harvard … According to Our Mathematical Simulation (D?) …
… Harvard will Go From %14 African American Students Admitted To Harvard TO %10 Black Students Admitted To Harvard …”
… While That May Be An ‘Acceptable Rate of Attrition’ to the SFAA Lawyers …
… As A Higher Ed Faculty Member for Over Twenty Years … Who Has Worked With College Admissions Personnel …
… It BREAKS My Heart To Know That The U.S. Supreme Court Can Just Blithely Cut Off %4 OF My Students … My Children … And the Future Opportunities That A Harvard, UNC, Et Al. Degree May Afford Them …
… And Chief Justice Roberts as well as The Five Other Associate Justices In The Majority … With Whom I May Typically Agree …
… Can In This Instance …
… Blithly Cut Off %4 Of My ‘Black Children’ Every Year & Say …
“… OK Boys & Girls … GOOD DAYS WORK! … We have Fixed Via Blithe Elimination … ALL Affirmative Action … & … Thereby ALL Traces of GENERATIONAL Racial Discrimination That Has Occured in This Society for 350 Years (from 1619 – 1968, Fair Housing Act) on a Federal Level … Have Been Eradicated LETS GO HOME! …”
… While The SFAA v UNC & Harvard Decision May Have Been The Correct … ‘Strict Originalist’ … Interpretation of the 14th Amendment To The United States Constitution …
… It Was Concurrently A Blithe Piece of Surgery Without Anesthesia … Applied Specifically to Black Students …
… Who COULD Receive A Small Numerical +Up Advantage Relative to Admission To Harvard or UNC et al. … IF All Other Things In That Evaluation Process Are Equal …
… Thus The Decision May Have Been Correct … Under A ‘Strict Origionalist’ … Interpretation of the 14th Amendment …
… However It Blithely Hurts Black Kids With Hopes & Dreams …
… By Not Accounting For The ‘Original’ Rational for the 1868 Post Civil War & Slavery Implementation of the 14th Amendment To The U.S. Constitution …
… While Correct … Also Heartrending …
“It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.”
~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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“… If You Want The River To Continue To Flow …
… Stop Building Dams …”
… Do You Want To ‘Persuade’ God? …
… Get Him On The Record …
… In Three (3) Steps …
… King Hezekiah of Judah (2 Kings 20:1 – 11, NLT) …
… Shows Us One Of The Only Examples …
… Of ‘Persuading’ God …
… To Change His … Previously Declared Word …
… How Did He Do It? …
… He Got God … To Go ‘On The Record’ …
… 3 Steps …
… Step 1 …
… God Has To First Declare A Word …
… In This Case … God Told King Hezekiah … Through The Prophet Isaiah … That He Would Die Soon …
… Step 2 …
… Remind God Of Your Dedication …
… King Hezekiah … Reminded God That He Had Been WholeHeartedly …
… Faithful … Connected … & … Dedicated … To Him … Via The Vine & Branches (John 15:1, 5, & 7, NLT) Relationship …
… Step 3 …
… Receive The ‘New’ Word … & … Ask For Confirmation …
… Before The Prophet Isaiah … Had Left The Building … God Sent Him Back … To King Hezekiah … To Tell Him … That He Had Heard His Prayer … Seen His Tears …
… And Would In Fact … Give Him The Desire Of His Heart …
… King Hezekiah … Would No Longer Die … But Would Live … For Fifteen (15) More Years …
… But King Hezekiah Did Not Stop There … He Asked God … Through The Prophet Isaiah … To Give Him Confirmation …
… And God … “Turned Back The Clock” … Ten (10) Hours … For King Hezekiah …
… As Confirmation … That King Hezekiah …
… Had ‘Persuaded’ God …
2 Kings 20:1 -11 & John 15:1, 5, & 7 (NLT & NIRV)
“… Constantly Submitting To God …
… And Obeying His Will …
… Without Being Able To See The End …
… Is The Essence of Faith …
… But It Can Be Tough On The Soul …
… The … Emotions … Mind … & … Intellect …”
College Admissions, ‘Race Neutrality’, & Preferences Based On Race … As One Small Part Of The College Admissions Process
… Speaking as a College Administrator & Teaching Faculty Professor for 20+ Years …
… The College Admissions Process cannot be Exclusively Analyzed via … a Statistically Significant … Quantitative … OR … Qualitative Methodology …
… Using One without the Other … Leaves The Analysis Short … Of Considering The Entire Picture …
… In order to Adequately Use and Analyze … the ‘Simulations’ Presented in the recent Supreme Court Cases …
… Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC & Harvard …
… A Person Should Analyze Those ‘Simulations’ … and the Plaintiffs Arguments … in Both Cases …
… Not Only Quantitatively … with respect to the Outcomes of those ‘Simulations’ …
… But Also Qualitatively … with respect to what went into Creating the Disparity That Persistently Exists …
… Between Underrepresented African American, Hispanic, & Native American Student Admissions Applicants to College at UNC & Harvard …
… In other words … Were the K-12 Educational Experiences “Equal” or Fair … as per the 14th Amendment …
… Relative to Adequately Preparing Each Racial Group … For College Success …
… Were The White & Asian Students … Equally Prepared … Or … On Balance Better Prepared …
… Than The Black, Hispanic, & Native American Student Populations? …
… Qualitatively Speaking … The Answer is a … Resounding No …
… However …
… Quantitatively Speaking … ‘The Simulations Produce Acceptable Attrition’ … According to the Plaintiffs …
… Relative To Losing ~ 5% to 10% of the African American Student Enrolled Populations …
… Thus … Effectively Reducing Those Black Student Populations … At State Universities like UNC … & … Private Ivy League Universities Like Harvard … By 5% to 10% …
… When one uses Exclusively Quantitative Outcomes … In every Plaintiff Presented ‘Simulation’ … African American Student Populations Lose Admitted Student Populations …
… In the range of 5% to 10% of Admitted Students …
… Again … In Every Plaintiff Presented ‘Simulation’ …
… The ‘Simulations’ Cause Those Schools … And Others Similarly Situated … To Lose … 5% to 10% of The Black Student Population …
… In My Opinion … That Is Not An Acceptable Quantitative Outcome …
… Even If It Means Implementing “Race Neutral Policies” … Relative to the College Admissions Applications Process …
… Those Are Aspiring College Students … With The Same Hopes & Dreams … As The Other Members Of Their College Admissions Application Cohort …
… Who Were Simply Academically Underprepared … at the K-12 Levels … To Attain Academic Success In College …
… At BOTH UNC & Harvard …
… That says nothing about how many Black Students … Will be Retained … And Proceed toward Graduation … In a Timely Manner …
… In The Final Analysis …
… Were the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments … as well as Brown v. Board of Education About …
… ‘Racial Neutrality’ Expressed Toward Each Student Population …
… Without Particular Respect … Specifically Demonstrated Toward African American Underrepresented Student Populations? …
… In The 1860s – 1870s … as well as … In The 1950s? …
… Or …
… Were those Legal & Constitutional Landmarks about … ‘Simulations’, Empirical Numerical Examination, … & Quantitative Analysis …
… Which Obfuscate the Concurrent … Qualitative Realities …
… In Other Words …
… It Is acceptable to lose 5% to 10% of African American College Matriculants …
… Because … Over 20 Years Ago … in Grutter v. Bollinger … Justice O’Conner Said …
What You ‘Do’ Should Also Be ‘Who You Are’ …
(Part 1 of 2)
… What You ‘Do’ … For A Living … Relationally … Et Al. …
… Should Be An Extension Of …
… ‘Who You Are’ …
… & … Who God Created & “Called You To Be” …
What You ‘Do’ Should Also Be ‘Who You Are’ …
(Part 2 of 2)
… Can You Honestly Say …
… That You Are Not Only …
… ‘Doing What You Do’ … Work … Relationally … Et Al. …
… But … You Are ‘Doing Who You Are’ … & … What You Were Created To Be? …
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… Supply, Demand, Recession, & Economics … Explained in 20 Statements …
… Suppose A Company Has Ten 10 Critical Workers … Who Work on a Nuclear Reactor … & They Are The Only 10 Workers Who Can Maintain the Nuclear Reactor … In The Whole World! …
… And None Live Near Each Other … But ALL Equally Live Two 2 Hours Away From The Nuclear Reactor …
… The Company Purchases One 1 Vehicle Per Worker …
… Problem is … The Car Company Only Made Two 2 Vehicles …
… AND it Takes One 1 Year to Make Each New Vehicle …
… Money is Already Given To The Car Company … For All Ten 10 Vehicles …
… Thus … The Money Just Has To Sit There For The NEXT Eight 8 Years Total …
… While ONE 1 Vehicle Per Year Comes To Each Nuclear Reactor Worker …
… What Can The Money … OR … The Car Company … OR … The Workers … OR … The Nuclear Reactor Company Do? …
… Nothing … ALL They ALL Can Do Is Wait … & Hope Nothing Blows Up For The Next EIGHT 8 TO TEN 10 YEARS TOTAL! …
… Simply Put …
… Too Much Money … Chasing TOO FEW GOODS …
… The Money Just Has To Wait …
… When Supply Does Not Equal = Demand …
… The Money RECESSES … Into A Waiting Pattern …
… Until The Supply of CARS … & The Demand For the Cars … For The Workers … & For The Nuclear Reactor Company …
CATCH UP WITH EACH OTHER!!
… Summary … When Supply Does Not = Equal Demand …
… We Get Recession … Folks …
“… Never …
… ‘Divest Yourself Of Your Intellect’ …
… Always …
… ‘Think Spiritually’ …”
Thinking Spiritually
… Once … in a Job Situation …
… In an effort … I GUESS … To Get Me To …
… (Control Me … Honestly) …
… ‘Go Along … To Get Along’…
… With A Couple of My Subordinates / Supervises …
… My Supervisor … The Associate Dean & Dean of The College…
… Asked Me…
… “What Would You Have To Do to Accept These (Obviously Scurrilous) Lies Told About You?” …
… Quickly … But Calmly …
… Because I KNEW that I Had Documented Everything via Email Carbon Copy (CC) OR Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) …
… Sent to the Afore Mentioned Associate Dean …
… I Replied …
… “Divest Myself Of My Intellect” …
… I Chose To …
… Always Think Spiritually …
… For we did not receive the spirit of this world system … but the Spirit of God …
… so that we might come to understand and experience all that Grace has lavished upon us …
… And we articulate these realities … with the Words Imparted to us by the Spirit … and not with the words taught by human wisdom …
… We join together Spirit-Revealed Truths with Spirit-Revealed Words …
… Someone living on an entirely human level … rejects the Revelations of God’s Spirit … for they make no sense to him …
… He cannot understand the Revelations of the Spirit … because they are only discovered by the Illumination of the Spirit …
… Those who live in the Spirit … are able to carefully evaluate all things …
… and they are subject to the scrutiny of no one but God …
… For Who has ever Intimately known the mind of the Lord Yahweh well enough to become His counselor? …
… Christ has …
… and we possess Christ’s Perceptions (The Mind of Christ) …
1 Corinthians 2:12-16
“… I Never Believe …
… That I Have Achieved ‘Anything’ …
… Until …
… I Have Achieved ‘The Next Thing’ …”
The Secret Of ‘My Success’
… The Secret of ‘My Success’ …
… If I Have EVER Had Any In This World …
… And I Guess I May Have Had A Little …
… Is Not Something That I Ever Thought Of …
… Nor Tried To Do …
… Rather It Was Always ‘Just Me Being Me’ …
… And It Came By …
… The Nature Of My Personality Portrait …
… And How God Wired Me …
… I GENUINELY Never Believe …
… That I Have Achieved Nor Accomplished ANYTHING …
… Until …
… I Have Concretely Achieved Or Accomplished …
… The NEXT THING …
… I Am Not Recommending This …
… Because You May Be Of A Different Personality Type …
… This Is Merely …
… A Personal & True Aphorism Of Mine …
How many of us have said within ourselves …
‘… If God Dont …
… Pay That Bill … Exactly Like He Said He Would …
… Bring That Person Into My Life … Exactly Like He Said He Would …
… Give Me That Promotion &/or New Job … Exactly Like He Said He Would …
… Give Me That New House &/or New Car … Exactly Like He Said He Would …
… Then …
… Imma Need A Backup Plan! …’
Then we go about our process of figuring out how we …
… Gonna make some extra money! …
… Get an Spare Job! …
… Apply for Another … But Comparable Job! …
… Get On The Dating App and … “Start puttin’ myself Out There!” …
… OR …
… I better keep House or Car Shopping! …
Why? …
‘… Cause Imma Need A Backup Plan! …
… Just In Case God Dont ‘Come Thru!’ …
… Exactly Like He Said He Would …’
… Did God Really ‘Not Come Thru’ …
… Exactly Like He Said He Would? …
“… He (Christ) Carries Out and Fulfills All of God’s Promises …
… No Matter How Many of Them There Are …
… and we have told Everyone how Faithful He (God) is …
… Giving Glory to His Name …”
2 Corinthians 1:20 (TLB)