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<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\nWould you riot for Samuel L. Jackson, foo’?<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/table>The Mandal II<\/a> proposal is so self-evidently idiotic, so clearly death to the golden goose, that the blogosphere has been a-sputter with indignation<\/a>. Various wags have suggested the same quota be applied to seats held by members of Parliament. As with the Rajkumar<\/a> riots<\/a> which have shut down the Emerald City of Bangalore (photos<\/a>), many have simply rolled their eyes: ‘Oh darling, yeh hai India.’<\/p>\n\n But it’s not just India. The NYT<\/em> reports that not only is the misuse of quotas politically appealing in America, it’s so<\/em> appealing that white students are using DNA tests turning up two to three percent black or Native American ancestry to claim minority status in college admissions. It’s a microcosm of the American national character, both high tech and shameless <<\/p>\n\n p><\/p>\n\n “If someone appears to be white and then finds out they are not, they haven’t experienced the kinds of things that affirmative action is supposed to remedy…” Ashley Klett’s younger sister marked the “Asian” box on her college applications this year, after the elder Ms. Klett, 20, took a DNA test that said she was 2 percent East Asian and 98 percent European… she did get into the college of her choice. “And they gave her a scholarship…” [Link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n <<\/p>\n\n p>One person is after not just money, but a Scottish castle:<\/p>\n\n I can’t speak to American Indian princesses, but Indian-American Princesses are already legendary IMO economic<\/em> affirmative action in education is a good idea to help break the cycle of poverty. In contrast, race-based affirmative action is incredibly imprecise, clubbing wealthy minorities in with the poor and casting a pall of suspicion on all those who made it on merit. In fact, the remedy is not only indirect, it’s intrinsically flawed. The overlap between race and class is imprecise, and the more successful affirmative action in its stated goals, the greater the divergence. In race-based affirmative action’s birth lie the seeds of its destruction.<\/p>\n\n Quotas in the workforce are a terrible idea because because no one wants someone with lower abilities as a neurosurgeon, astronaut, pilot or the cow-orker<\/a> in the next cubicle. And setting the quota at 49%? Organizational suicide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new Indian proposal would reserve half the seats of India’s city on a hill, the exalted halls of IIT, for historically oppressed castes. Would you riot for Samuel L. Jackson, foo’?The Mandal II proposal is so self-evidently idiotic, so … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/images\/smile.gif\")
<\/p>\n\nProspective employees with white skin are using the tests to apply as minority candidates, while some with black skin are citing their European ancestry in claiming inheritance rights… Americans of every shade are staking a DNA claim to Indian scholarships, health services and casino money… “It’s about access to money and power…” \n
Pearl Duncan… wants a castle… the DNA test confirming her 10 percent British Isles ancestry gave her the nerve to contact the Scottish cousins who had built an oil company with his fortune. The family’s 11 castles, Ms. Duncan noted, were obtained with the proceeds of her African ancestors’ labor. Perhaps they could spare one for her great-great-great-grandfather’s black heirs? [Link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n
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<\/p>\n\n… the three-year-old company had coined the term American Indian Princess Syndrome to describe the insistent pursuit of Indian roots<\/font> among many newly minted genetic genealogists. If the tests fail to turn up any, Mr. Frudakis added, “this type of customer is frequently quite angry.” [Link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n