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Texas A&M University professors and
faculty members say complaints of reverse
discrimination lack consideration for the
history and purpose of affirmative action,
and do not reflect current statistical data.
Mark Fossett, an associate sociology
professor, said reverse discrimination is a
politically loaded term with little scientific
value.
"The notion being conveyed is that 10
years ago a man would have received fa
vor," Fossett said. "Therefore, it was bad
luck to be a woman, but now it is bad luck
to be a man."
Fossett said people who are not selected
over a minority to receive a promotion
sometimes blame it on discrimination to
feel better about the situation.
Occasionally, minorities try to hide then-
ethnic identities through name changes
and acting more like white people, Fossett
said. Data proves that minorities who do
this receive benefits.
"If reverse discrimination was wide
spread, then white males would try to act
like ethnic minorities to benefit," Fossett
said.
Controlled experiments show that one
equally qualified minority looking for a job
was turned down and later the same day a
white male was hired.
"Most discrimination is to the disadvan
tage of minorities," Fossett said. "If you
want to be in the advantageous group, then
be a white male."
Michelle Tomarelli, a psychology pro
fessor, said affirmative action was created
in hopes of erasing these inequalities.
"You have to handicap horses who have
an unfair advantage to make it a good
race," Tomarelli said.
However, people are leaning so far
backwards to avoid discriminating that
they discriminate against the majority, she
said.
"Encouraged to hire minorities through
affirmative action, businesses sometimes
hire a less qualified person," Tomarelli
said.
Tomarelli said data-backed information
proves that an inferiority complex can de
velop due to affirmative action.
"It allows people to discount what you
do," he said. "If you get a promotion,
some say it was because you were a minor
ity."
Students do not recognize the capping
of enrollment on the basis of nationality as
a form of discrimination, Fossett said.
"If reverse discrimination
was widespread, then white
males would try to act like
ethnic minorities to benefit."
- Mark Fossett,
associate sociology professor
"If we did not discriminate on the basis
of national origin," Fossett said, "then 70
percent to 80 percent of U.S. applicants
could be displaced by applicants from oth
er countries."
The government establishes quotas to
increase the percentage of minorities in
various positions in the workplace. Fossett
said white males felt that this would work
against them.
"White males have had tremendous
benefits in the past, and this hurts them by
taking this away," Fossett said. "Employ
ment data shows no evidence that white
males are being injured by this."
Some companies had very few women
and minorities, Tomarelli said. For this
reason, certain percentage requirements
must be met for companies to receive fed
eral grants and funds.
"In order to hire and promote minori
ties, they will have to bypass more quali
fied people to meet federal guidelines,"
Tomarelli said. "It's a supply and demand
issue."
People tend to go out of their way to
hire minorities, he said.
"There are some departments at Texas
A&M where minorities are getting raises
over more qualified non-minority faculty
to encourage them to stay," she said.
Daniel Orozco, an assistant director of
Placement Services, said white males feel
they are at a disadvantage in the hiring
process.
"You hear people say that if you're a
pale male, then you're not considered,"
Orozco said.
Because of the greater number of white
males at Texas A&M, it seems more diffi
cult for them, he said.
"If students can sell themselves, they'll
find a job."
Race, gender, or ethnicity can some
times sway things if all other factors are
equal, he said.
"In a few instances, the white female's
chances are better in competing against a
white male," he said.
Karen Severn, pre-law adviser in the Of
fice of Professional School Advising, said
qualified students seldom have problems
in not being admitted into professional
schools, regardless of ethnicity or gender.
"Before they even apply, some students
said that they would not get in because
they are white males," Severn said. "I've
never heard such complaints after the ap
plication process."
These schools tend to admit minorih
students proportional to the number inthe
applicant pool, she said.
"If U.T. law school admits 500 people,
and 10 percent of the applicants are black,
then close to 10 percent admitted will also
be black," Severn said.
Tomarelli said, "As we end discrimina
tion in college admissions, education,
experience, then we can end reverse dis
crimination. You have to tough it out
tolerate it for a while until no fair advan
tages remain.
"It's still easier for white males to
jobs. If they don't get the job, then some
feel the need to blame someone else,
scapegoating."
True equality is a philosophical ideal
she said.
"Until men can have babies and womer.
are big enough to hit back, there willb
discrimination," Tomarelli said.
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publicize the fact that we want it
clean," she said.
The council, along with the ju
nior and senior classes, have posted
flyers encouraging students to re
frain from throwing things.
Similar efforts to bring back the
solemnness of Elephant Walk last
year paid off, Megliola said.
"I think each year we will see
improvement," she said.
If students are successful in im
proving Elephant Walk, there will
no longer be the threat of having
the tradition eliminated. King said.
"Elephant Walk is a tradition we
could save," he said.
The senior class will meet at
Kyle Field at 1 p.m. on Tuesday to
begin the walk while the juniors
will meet at the Bonfire site.
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Field, we will go to Kyle Field
to avoid the seniors."
The junior class will meet at
Bonfire site at 1 p.m. and the ju
nior yell leaders will lead the
Class of '95 in a yell practice
with senior pull-outs.
After the junior yell practice,
the Class of '95 will walk to
Kyle Field where Frank W. Cox,
Class of '65 and author of 1
Bleed Maroon, will speak to the
juniors.
After the speech, the juniors
will form a giant 95 for a pic
ture for the class scrapbook.
Dr. Bill Kibler, interim assis
tant vice president for student
services, spoke to the junior
class at a general class meeting
on Nov. 10 about its responsi
bilities to the University and to
its class during Elephant Walk.
"We need to preserve 'E
walk' as a tradition just for se
niors," Kibler said.
"It was getting to the point
of being a free-for-all, with
more students in the health
center instead of participating,"
he said.
"We will begin working with
the senior and junior classes
every year to make you aware
of what is responsible."
Kibler asked the junior class
to leave the seniors alone and
to not "grode" them as they
walked through campus.
Several juniors at the meet
ing opposed the idea of being
asked to stop "groding" cold
turkey.
"1 am not too positive the
changes will work," said John
Tieken, a junior speech commu
nications major from Hender
son.
"Too many people will be
worried about their one chance
to grode out the seniors and
won't care how old Ags and
parents feel."
Jones said the junior class is
not promoting the idea of grod
ing out the senior class.
"This is a class council activi
ty that we promote," he said
"If someone gets hurt, this is
our activity that someone go!
hurt at."
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