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I've never interpreted diversity programs as telling minorities we are stupider. Universities are a great example, wealthier people with more money can afford b
by ritchiea 9y ago
I've never interpreted diversity programs as telling minorities we are stupider. Universities are a great example, wealthier people with more money can afford better educations and test prep for their children. If the "merit" you refer to is manufactured by circumstance, and the circumstances are weighted in favor of the already powerful, why should we accept the status quo & pretend the admissions standard are an objective measurement?
Quotas are a crude tool but I'd rather see something like that than simply accept a world with a cycle of the powerful remaining powerful in large part due to the less powerful never having opportunity.
- hasenj 9y agoWhat makes you think success at high school is related to wealth? I've never noticed any such correlation. My family was not particularly wealthy and I did just fine in school. You don't need any wealth to enter university. You just need to be smart and get good grades. Family wealth plays no factor what so ever.
- jnwatson 9y agoThe studies disagree with you. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/eriksherman/2015/02/05/wealthy-college-kids-8-times-more-likely-to-graduate-than-poor/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/eriksherma...
- hasenj 9y agoWhat you found is correlation not causation. The cause is probably deeper, for example, lower IQ.