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LETTERS, Page 8Campus Bigotry
One important reason for the racism of college students is
resentment of affirmative-action programs, which have been in place
for more than two decades (EDUCATION, Jan. 23). This
institutionalized unfairness confers preference on members of
minority groups on the basis of color or ethnic origin. As a
result, equal opportunity doesn't exist. There is no question of
the need to right some great wrongs. But in these enlightened
times, surely minority students can compete successfully without
having to use the crutch of affirmative action.
John Hongisto
Deerton, Mich.
The suggestion that there is a connection between the Reagan
years of reduced concern for the civil rights of minorities and
increased evidence of campus bigotry and prejudice is a correct
one. Administrative budget cuts and attempts to undermine
affirmative action, on the one hand, and denying that minorities
have any valid complaints, on the other, have contributed to the
continuation of racism as our No. 1 social illness.
C. Sue Ely
Elyria, Ohio