[news] You Can't Always Get What You Want

[Resist!ca]

"On the CBS "news" show, "60 Minutes," which aired June 19, 2005, in Seattle, Wa.(see link below), Lesley Stahl harped upon a Hispanic woman who earned her way into the University of Texas (UT) by being in the top 10% of her high school, actually coaxing her to say she did not deserve her education at UT! The racist argument that CBS put forth about the University of Texas' "10% Rule" was like something thrown back from the 50's. It seems the racist arguments remain exactly the same throughout the decades. The CBS site says, "As Correspondent Lesley Stahl reports, it (The 10% Rule) appears to have worked too well at the University of Texas in Austin." What does it "worked too well" mean? It means too many poor and minority students got in! THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS! Yet, the CBS site also reports, "Still, most of the kids entering under the Top 10 plan are white, because the guarantee applies to every high school in Texas." So tell me, why did CBS target a Hispanic gal for this piece? Why did it not target a white person since they are who are predominantly taking all these spots that white people are complaining about not having access to now? I charge blatant racism upon both Lesley Stahl and CBS for this piece."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/6/19/214714/386