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Giving someone a 200+ point advantage on their SATs based solely on the color of their skin is an anti-bias program now?
by yasp 9y ago
Giving someone a 200+ point advantage on their SATs based solely on the color of their skin is an anti-bias program now?
- tootie 9y agoThat's not really how it works, but I also didn't comment on it's effectiveness, just that it's not anti-poverty. If you're rich and a minority you get the same advantage. The test for eligibility isn't means-based. Hence, not anti-poverty. The intent is to get more minorities into colleges and into jobs. You can argue whether or not that's fair, but it probably works pretty well as intended.
- yasp 9y ago> Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/24/us/affirmative-action.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/24/us/affirmativ... Maybe it works as intended as long as you're trying to maximize enrollment in "any colleges", not "best colleges".
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