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One can't be 100% certain of anything. However, between 2/3 and 5/6 of black students at top colleges probably would have been rejected under a meritocratic adm
by yummyfajitas 10y ago
One can't be 100% certain of anything. However, between 2/3 and 5/6 of black students at top colleges probably would have been rejected under a meritocratic admission system.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11904256 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11904256
Similarly, it's established that Asians tend to meet a much higher SAT cutoff than blacks and whites.
http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/ethnicity-health/asian-american/article-admission.aspx http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/ethnicity-health/asian-...
It's pretty safe to say that most blacks at Harvard don't deserve to be there and it probably should be an Asian in their place. You just can't say which specific blacks and Asians it should be.
- burkaman 10y agoI don't think you can jump straight from "some people benefit from affirmative action" to "they don't deserve to be there". Obviously supporters of affirmative action do think they deserve to be there, despite their lower test scores, and it's worth at least considering that point of view.