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Family income is a pretty good proxy for any adversity score. Because of the African American income gap, it would also serve to boost AA enrollment, particula
by monoideism 6y ago
Family income is a pretty good proxy for any adversity score.
Because of the African American income gap, it would also serve to boost AA enrollment, particularly from disadvantaged inner city kids, while still not discriminating against the white kid growing up amid grinding poverty in rural Appalachia.
It’s not a perfect indicator, but it’s a very good one. On average, it even picks up on adversities such as many medical/physical disabilities, since families usually take a big financial hit on account of such issues.
- oblio 6y agoThat's a great idea that will never happen. Rich people will fight tooth and nail to prevent it.
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- jessaustin 6y agoYou're probably right about some universities, because they're attended by the children of the almost-rich. It could happen in Ivy League, however, because those who really run things there are really rich, and their children get accepted through legacy and donation quid pro quo.
- polartx 6y ago"poor kids are just as bright as white kids" - joe biden
- babesh 6y agoThat is probably not true on average. Wealth correlates with intelligence especially when there is less discrimination.
- babesh 6y agoI read a study from awhile back that said that for whites, wealth correlated with intelligence but that it didn’t with blacks when there was discrimination.
- guerrilla 6y agoThis would be really nice. It's objective, quantitative, scalable and I think fair. This gets to the real problem too because if dynamics ever changed and some other groups we disadvantaged at large, they woukd automatically be advantaged here. Thus it automatically adapts to the situation. Not saying its perfect, but it'd be a great improvement.