Because diversity goals are usually designed to to keep rich white men from dominating something. Also, by reframing it that way you get to examine whether you

Because diversity goals are usually designed to to keep rich white men from dominating something. Also, by reframing it that way you get to examine whether you think affirmative action to achieve diversity is a good thing separate from whether you think it discriminated against Asians. Of course affirmative action discriminates; and it is going to feel unfair to some people. ”The landmark case that established a legal precedent for affirmative action in higher education was University of California v. Bakke in 1978. Allan Bakke, a white man, was in his mid-30s when he applied to 12 medical schools, including University of California Medical School at Davis. After all of these school rejected him, Bakke sued the school at Davis—which had rejected him twice—because he argued that the school had discriminated against him by admitting students of color with lower medical scores than his. At the time, Davis’ medical school reserved 16 out of 100 spots in each year’s new class for students of color. In that case, the question posed to the court was whether the policy violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.” https://www.history.com/news/the-landmark-supreme-court-case-that-upheld-affirmative-action https://www.history.com/news/the-landmark-supreme-court-case...