Word: souza
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Souza said his own view on reasons for the differences in achievement among different ethnic groups juxtaposes both the genetic view--which argues that ability is genetically determined--and the liberal view, that differences in achievement are due to a history of societal deprivation...
Attributing inequality to behavioral and cultural patterns, D'Souza gave the example of black students studying less, and therefore under-performing in school, as evidence of a weak family structure rather than societal discrimination...
Replying to a question, D' Souza argued that the decline in black enrollments in branches of the University of California system due to the abolition of affirmative action was a "problem only for the 15 to 20 elite colleges" and over-all enrollment of minorities had not been adversely affected...
Summing up, D' Souza said the "moral case for affirmative action has become weaker [as more groups have come under it]" and therefore "while affirmative action might have done some good in the 60s, [it] has become increasingly problematic...
Students at the discussion had mixed feelings about D' Souza. Alexander T. Nguyen '99, a Crimson editor, said he "thought that D' Souza was able to outline just precisely what most people today feel is wrong with affirmative action" and he wished "[the discussion] had been publicized better...