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This hurts Asian Americans in the short term but increases the equity of admission and also access to resources for other minorities in the long term. The discr

This hurts Asian Americans in the short term but increases the equity of admission and also access to resources for other minorities in the long term. The discrimination serves a purpose other than just racial discrimination, as if there were a school of just Asian Americans, who on average already do well, it is not useful for other minorities to ascend as well. Before anyone says that admissions should be completely fair, that could work if everyone has the same access to money and education, but it has been shown that this is not true, so I understand why such discrimination against Asian Americans towards other racial minorities happens. The goal should be equity first and foremost and anything else second.

taneq 7y ago
> This hurts <race> in the short term but increases the equity of admission and also access to resources for other minorities in the long term. Hey, same for slavery, does that make it OK?
- saagarjha 7y ago
  Slavery does nothing for equality not does it hurt on the short term.
miscPerson 7y ago
You’re viewing people as defined by their membership in a race, which is a deeply racist worldview. Let’s judge people on the content of their character and not color of their skin: Why should a poor Asian student from a troubled neighborhood be denied while a wealthy black kid with lower scores is admitted? “Because Asians elsewhere do well while blacks elsewhere struggle” is an inherently racist answer. I don’t support racism, even if you claim you’re racist for the “right” reasons — like every other bigot in history.
fg6hr 7y ago
...and it hurts America in the long term. It's a completely backwards idea to take away opportunities from the society members with highest potential. The inevitable outcome of this will be stagnation.
freepor 7y ago
Pray tell where is the "equity" in an Asian American child of Cambodian refugees having to clear a higher bar than Alexandra Postlethwaite with two white parents in Cherry Hill New Jersey.

taneq 7y ago

> This hurts <race> in the short term but increases the equity of admission and also access to resources for other minorities in the long term. Hey, same for slavery, does that make it OK?

saagarjha 7y ago
Slavery does nothing for equality not does it hurt on the short term.

miscPerson 7y ago

You’re viewing people as defined by their membership in a race, which is a deeply racist worldview. Let’s judge people on the content of their character and not color of their skin: Why should a poor Asian student from a troubled neighborhood be denied while a wealthy black kid with lower scores is admitted? “Because Asians elsewhere do well while blacks elsewhere struggle” is an inherently racist answer. I don’t support racism, even if you claim you’re racist for the “right” reasons — like every other bigot in history.

fg6hr 7y ago

...and it hurts America in the long term. It's a completely backwards idea to take away opportunities from the society members with highest potential. The inevitable outcome of this will be stagnation.

freepor 7y ago

Pray tell where is the "equity" in an Asian American child of Cambodian refugees having to clear a higher bar than Alexandra Postlethwaite with two white parents in Cherry Hill New Jersey.