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This is a clash of keeping a status quo of entrenched wealth, legacy, and power vs. discriminating/affirmative action at some level. Without some kind of affirm
by meroes 6y ago
This is a clash of keeping a status quo of entrenched wealth, legacy, and power vs. discriminating/affirmative action at some level. Without some kind of affirmative action somewhere in the system we are just perpetuating old power and money dynamics extant since the founding of the country, if not before.
As a person in the discriminated against group of the DOJ complaint, I am against the DOJ motion. I agree Yale probably violated the law, but I don't view AA as inherently immoral.
Downvote time: my solution for Yale to serve the least empowered historically groups in this country, descendants of slaves and equally disempowered groups through generationally unfair/racist laws (e.g. interment camps, 3/5 compromise, Jim Crow, red lining, etc) is to say if you can trace your family history to any of these events, you get a boost. Same effect, not race based.
- tupputuppu 6y agoHow do asians represent wealth and entrenched power? Are you at all familiar with the history and statistics related to asian americans?
- jjoonathan 6y agoHistory is chock-full of evil. I can't think of a more backwards idea than holding a pity circus where people try to convince authorities that the evil vested upon their ancestors in particular means that they deserve reparations today. Fortunately, you don't need a pity circus to figure out who needs help today and going forward. IMO that's not only a less incendiary angle from which to approach the problem, it's much easier to correctly implement, much more productive, and much less prone to back-and-forth escalation.
- antepodius 6y agoEven if you're rich? Nice.