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When deeply accustomed to privilege, attempts to restore merit often present as penalty. Removing legacy preference in favor of merit is not penalization. The
by iecheruo 7y ago
When deeply accustomed to privilege, attempts to restore merit often present as penalty.
Removing legacy preference in favor of merit is not penalization.
The article does not advocate admission based on racial preference.
It does point out that a level playing field allows more applications of merit from races that would traditionally be displaced.
- Bostonian 7y ago"Removing legacy preference in favor of merit is not penalization." Yes, but almost all selective U.S. schools do have racial preferences in admissions, which do disadvantage students who do not receive those preferences. My son is applying to college this year. He will benefit from legacy preference at one school he is applying to, but at every other school, he will be discriminated against because he is not an under-represented minority and because his parents are well-educated -- he will not be a "first-gen" college student. Today the Left is inconsistent in its advocacy of merit-based admissions, opposing legacy preferences but not other preferences.
- WaxProlix 7y agoOh no, do you think he'll be okay? :'(