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> blatant discrimination against Asians at universities So you mention "knowing what the data says" - * Asian Americans represent 5.6% of the US population[1]
by objclxt 9y ago
> blatant discrimination against Asians at universities
So you mention "knowing what the data says" -
* Asian Americans represent 5.6% of the US population[1].
* The most recently admitted class at Harvard was 22.7% Asian American.
Is that "blatant discrimination"? If it is, at what percentage would it not be?
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Asian_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Asian_American...
[2]: http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/3/29/harvard-regular-admissions-2022/ http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/3/29/harvard-regular-...
- jdoliner 9y agoDiscrimination is an act by one human against another. You can't tell just from looking at ratio of the broader Asian population and Harvard's Asian population whether or not they're discriminating. Human behavior is subtle, and when OP said that blatant discrimination was happening he was pretty obviously not referring to that ratio as the thing that makes it blatant.
- freyir 9y agoIf, in a purely merit-based admissions process, they would represent e.g. 30% of the Harvard class, then it suggests discrimination. But the idea that Harvard admissions is purely merit based is a joke, so this is very hard to pin down.
- skinnymuch 9y agoHave you seen how Cal Tech which doesn’t look at race has double the Asian Americans roughly speaking than many other top schools? Just throwing that stat out there doesn’t prove anything about discrimination.
- tzs 9y agoThe number of college aged Asian Americans has been growing much faster than the number of Asian Americans admitted to Ivy League schools, which is quite suggestive of discrimination.
- oh_sigh 9y agoWhy do you assume that the demographics of college classes should match the demographics of the nation?