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> "The only way to increase diversity is to practice negative discrimination on dominant groups or positive discrimination on minorities..." Uh, are you saying
by ThrowawayR2 7y ago
> "The only way to increase diversity is to practice negative discrimination on dominant groups or positive discrimination on minorities..."
Uh, are you saying that Asian-Americans are a dominant group and not a minority? If so, a lot of us would have something to say about that...
- MiroF 7y agoi think by dominant group s/he likely meant over-represented group
- ThrowawayR2 7y agoThat's just as bad. As the paper notes, these Asian-Americans have justly earned their representation through demonstrated capability and hard work and they are being deprived of it.
- therealdrag0 7y agoI think OP means they are dominant in performance, which would lead to "over representation" if that was the only admissions factor.
- ThrowawayR2 7y ago> "I think OP means they are dominant in performance, which would lead to "over representation" if that was the only admissions factor." "Other admissions factors" sounds rather similar to Harvard's tactics used to keep out excessive Jewish applicants in the 1920s (https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/harvard-s-jewish-problem https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/harvard-s-jewish-proble...) because they were earning too many seats because of their performance as well, doesn't it?
- throw_454324 7y agoMakes you wonder if OP would say the same about the NBA? Darryl Morey (Houston Rockets) said one of the reasons he didn’t draft Jeremy Lin is because he’s Asian, despite Lin meeting all his criteria.