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...tipping point, as with almost any fashion, was its adoption by high-profile stylish women--in the fall of 2001. Fashion is a game in which alpha-dog celebrities stay ahead of middle-class consumers, often by mimicking inner-city teenagers and other transgressive subcultures. Madonna's bold use of classic Adidas roused a posse of A-list imitators ranging from Gwyneth Paltrow and Cameron Diaz to Pink. J. Lo made the pastel Juicy Couture velour sweat suit a must-have item, then started producing...
Several audience members asked Emmott to describe the inner workings of The Economist...
...affirmative action was not to close the door on anyone: it was meant to open the door to people who had been excluded. This is what people forget when they criticize affirmative action. They imagine it as a free pass for unprepared, under-educated, poor, scary people from the inner city to run amok and blacken the hallowed halls of higher learning, all in the name of “diversity.” If that is in fact the situation, then who is really to blame? Not the students...
...government and educational institutions would do better to focus their efforts on addressing the root cause of racial imbalance in higher education. America as a society must ensure that the largely minority (and largely failing) inner-city schools are brought up to standards that will guarantee that everyone’s access to educational opportunity is based on merit. While increasing the quality of inner-city education may not be the immediate, quick fix solution that politicians are looking for, ultimately it is the only way to achieve a university environment that values both diversity and success. In the meantime...
2.Build and fund more inner-city schools and after-school programs...