Before answering the questions below, please read the short article by Tim Wise at the Alternet site:
http://www.alternet.org/story/15223/whites_swim_in_racial_preference.
- Wise presents many pieces of evidence to support his claim that whites are -- and always have been -- the major recipients of racial preferences.
Name 2 of them. - Do you think most white people in the U.S. are able or unable to see the unearned privilege that is tied to their skin color? Why or why not, and
what evidence (or example) is your reasoning based on?
The following is just for your information, not necessarily for use in answering the above question: The U. of M. system of admissions that is described
in this article was altered as a result of a Supreme Court case (Gratz v Bollinger). For details see this site. It was further affected in 2006 when voters
in the state of Michigan passed a ballot initiative banning affirmative action on the basis of race or gender in the areas of public education,
employment or government contracting.