#StayMadAbby

[Kheldarson]

http://mic.com/articles/130161/these...pus#.oGVFDshpe

I think I'm missing something here.

Basics are that a young woman didn't get into the University of Texas via their automatic enrollment program and then didn't get in via their holistic enrollment. So she argued that affirmative action was what prevented her from getting in and that it was unconstitutional.

She lost the case but Justice Scalia commented that:

There are those who contend that it does not benefit African Americans to get them into the University of Texas where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less-advanced school, a slower-track school where they do well

So people are understandably mad about the comment.

But it seems most of the ire on social media is being directed towards the young woman who was challenging a policy rather than the guy in office who's seeming to imply that African Americans can't do well at academically strong schools.

What am I missing?

[BlaqueKatt]

[url]But it seems most of the ire on social media is being directed towards the young woman who was challenging a policy rather than the guy in office who's seeming to imply that African Americans can't do well at academically strong schools.

What am I missing?

all the other articles focusing on Scalia?

This is the only one I've seen that ISN'T about him. My facebook I have under 250 friends, I've seen 10 separate articles focusing solely on his remarks.

and quite frankly, her case is absurd, as one tweet in that article pointed out, there were 50 spaces in the second program, only THREE were taken by students of color, all 50 had higher test scores and grades than she did, but nope t was those three that kept her out(especially when one of her scores was below a perfect 6 and even a perfect 6 score wouldn't have gotten her in), not the 47 white students. That's like saying(it's a logical fallacy I just can't remember which one)"If those disabled spots weren't there I could've parked right up front", totally ignoring that they'd be taken by other people if they weren't reserved.

[Kheldarson]

all the other articles focusing on Scalia?

This is the only one I've seen that ISN'T about him. My facebook I have under 250 friends, I've seen 10 separate articles focusing solely on his remarks.

The way I even heard about this was through Facebook's trending list. It's the hash tag that's gone viral, it seems, not Scalia's comments.

That's why I feel a bit confused. I think his comments are worse than her misplaced entitlement.

and quite frankly, her case is absurd, as one tweet in that article pointed out, there were 50 spaces in the second program, only THREE were taken by students of color, all 50 had higher test scores and grades than she did, but nope t was those three that kept her out(especially when one of her scores was below a perfect 6 and even a perfect 6 score wouldn't have gotten her in), not the 47 white students. That's like saying(it's a logical fallacy I just can't remember which one)"If those disabled spots weren't there I could've parked right up front", totally ignoring that they'd be taken by other people if they weren't reserved.

Oh, completely agree that her case was absurd. That's why I'm glad it failed. I do think though that the case itself was a good thing: challenges to our legal system allow us to affirm what we're trying to do with certain laws.

It's why, again, I'm feeling confused as to why we have a hash tag that's gone viral that's mainly calling her out rather than the guy in power who's shown himself to be racist again.

[BlaqueKatt]

The way I even heard about this was through Facebook's trending list. It's the hash tag that's gone viral, it seems, not Scalia's comments.

That's why I feel a bit confused. I think his comments are worse than her misplaced entitlement.

I use facebook on mobile only, It doesn't have the trending stuff. So the majority of stories are actually about scalia's comments, but tweets are trending with a short hashtag, as tweets do(short, catchy, easy to remember). Two very different platforms.

You're basically asking: why are there more 140 character tweets than full journalistic level articles?

the hashtag trending has zero to do with anything really, just that it's being used, (it's not even in the top 20 on twitter) and from a twitter search, many are about non white students graduating from top schools*like the article says*-which is a direct hit against scalia, they just aren't bothering to give him exposure by using his name)

[Gravekeeper]

What am I missing?

Yeah, its aimed at Scalia too. The idea being the current policy is making morons like Abby ( and Scalia ) mad. Thus, long as they stay mad the system is doing something right. Hence, stay mad Abby.

The related hashtags that goes with it is #dearjusticescalia.