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In theory but there is effectively already in many cases greater affirmative action for white people already. Lets look at Harvard as a case study. 43% of whit
by michaelmrose 6y ago
In theory but there is effectively already in many cases greater affirmative action for white people already. Lets look at Harvard as a case study.
43% of white students at Harvard are legacies, athletes, or related to staff and 75% of these 43% wouldn't have been admitted on merits.
Around 1/3 of white people at Harvard are there because of effectively white affirmative action.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/study-harvard-finds-43-percent-white-students-are-legacy-athletes-n1060361 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/study-harvard-finds-43-...
A drive to pick people solely on merits would sound more meritorious if we applied it to white people first. I say this as a white man who believes in theory colorblind meritocracy in an imaginary world where such a thing can actually exist.
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- rayiner 6y agoSo explain the drive to eliminate test based admissions at heavily Asian NYC and VA public high schools
- michaelmrose 6y agoI don't feel the need to as one doesn't negate the other.
- username90 6y agoI have nothing against moving the entire college admission over to be anonymous test based. Progressive people doesn't like it though.