#it was from the educative system and the high standards of society that wouldn't let a kid be a kid

[coriline]

"Harry is in a very fair way at Westminster School, under such Regulation as to be in no danger of losing his French and Arithmetic, there will be no difficulty in determining with respect to Jemmy's future proceeding"

From John Laurens to James Laurens, 1774, September 15.

John just being a responsible big brother about his younger brothers' education.

I wonder if the clarification about Harry not losing french nor arithmetic is about those were hard courses for him (or courses he used to lose). Anyway, it's always nice to see he had John at his back looking after his education.

And, this instance makes worst the death of Jemmy, being the younger brother and someone John already had plans on, in this kind of instances you realize John wasn't just his brother, he was a kinder and more gentile paternal figure for them than their actual father.

#it wasn't your fault Harry #it was from the educative system and the high standards of society that wouldn't let a kid be a kid #john laurens #historical john laurens #american history #laurens family #quote #1774 #jemmy laurens #harry laurens

[femmesandhoney]

is killing affirmative action that bad? black people deserve the same chance at good education, but should that not be taking place earlier on? middle school and specifically high school?

letting unqualified people into colleges and universities and passing them on far lower standards is harmful to both the students being let in solely on race but to the people who worked hard and now lost their chance just because they happen to be white or asian.

wouldn’t it be more helpful to help get black students into good high schools so that they can get qualified enough instead of deciding whether their worthy or not on the color of their skin?

why is your argument "affirmative action is helping college students and not k-12 students so its bad and we should be okay w it being dismantled despite seeing negative results for minority students in the states that have tried ending it" like what? you can demand better resources for majority-minority schools and support affirmative action programs. AA exists because it acknowledges how systemic the racism is in american society. fun fact, affirmative action has also benefitted a good majority of white women as well since affirmative action programs are both sex and race related. let's jot that down, no white women are really being discriminated against based on race for college apps 🙄

secondly its insulting to call these minority students "unqualified" like are you the college administrators? how would you know that fully? like truly. you sound like the girl who accused me of stealing a spot from someone else by applying to a top college to see if i could get in just because. it doesn't work like that, admins still consider many factors when judging students. if you didn't get in, well frankily you probably wouldn't have gotten in with or without AA programs in place and i do think its embarrassing when people get rejected and point fingers at AA programs. AA exists to help minority students get a higher education and make sure a campus isn't a homogeneous blob of elite white people. either way schools will need to find ways to support minority students who often lack resources and recruitment opportunities, so race will be considered no matter what, now just in roundabout ways.

anyways you can read some of these articles on the topic, most important to note is that AA bans will mostly impact the minority of highly selective colleges, aka the more elite colleges. it was never that huge of a problem for average american college students in the first place, but now we'll likely see less minority students in those selective campuses and eventually will be reflected in the workforce/academic spaces of those areas.