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I assume a ruling in favor of the challengers would mean Universities could only take into account GPA and test scores, but nothing about the background of an a
by Miner49er 5y ago
I assume a ruling in favor of the challengers would mean Universities could only take into account GPA and test scores, but nothing about the background of an applicant? If you still allow background to be taken into account, you could look at things like an applicant's class, the neighborhood they grew up in, the schools they went to, etc. These could act as a proxy for race, so I'm not sure how much ignoring only race would really change.
- will4274 5y agoThose proxies are probably better than using race imho. At least that way, the black millionaires' son ends up being treated the same way as the white millionaires' son when they live in the same gated community and attend the same exclusive private school together.
- 1234letshaveatw 5y agoAgreed, and to some extent I would think you would want your most talented students to have access to network with students that have an "in" with the rich and powerful (whether that is hereditary or whatever). If you exclude some of those, ahem, less talented progeny you lower the value of some of these schools I would think for minorities, the less privileged, etc. eg. Wouldn't you want the next Granville Woods to have access to a VCs daughter or a Senators son?
- xhkkffbf 5y agoBackground might be more helpful. I went to college with a rich black man whose father was a big oil executive in Nigeria. No slavery in his background. Plenty of cash. But on paper he was black (not even African American since he wasn't a US citizen.)