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Because we can do better than "random" to create superior outcomes for society. Right now, society hurts some racial groups and helps other racial groups. Pic

Because we can do better than "random" to create superior outcomes for society. Right now, society hurts some racial groups and helps other racial groups. Picking candidates based on their race, once everyone remaining is qualified, helps undo some small part of that societal damage. Improving campus diversity helps the kids too, as it exposes them to a more representative group of people that they're likely to encounter into the world, rather than one or a few massively overrepresented groups to the exclusion of other, less resource-available and marginalized groups. It makes the school better at preparing kids for post-college life. Getting into Harvard, for the people who would do well at Harvard, is only one of many potential successful life paths for those kids. I think it's well past time we stop pretending like it's either Harvard or the streets. Besides, if you're so disgusted by racism, you should be in support of trying to correct for it, not opposed. Doing nothing (what you suggested by applying "randomness") is how the current racist systems continue to thrive. Doing nothing is what the racists want, so they can keep on being racist, and holding down the "inferior" races (as they see it).

988747 5y ago
>> Picking candidates based on their race, once everyone remaining is qualified, helps undo some small part of that societal damage. Picking candidates based on their race is called "racism". You don't "undo societal damage" against one race by being racist against other races. >> Besides, if you're so disgusted by racism, you should be in support of trying to correct for it, not opposed. You correct racism by making society race-blind, not by flipping the direction of racist policies.
- TameAntelope 5y ago
  Picking candidates based on their race is not racism as it does not suggest one candidate is superior to another due to their race. Acknowledging the racism of others is not the same as supporting ideas or policies that promote one racial group as superior in any way to any other racial group. You can not correct racism by making society race blind, but you can perpetuate racism that way! Why do you think the racists prefer we remain at the status quo? There is no substantive difference between what you’re suggesting here and what a white supremacist would suggest in the same situation, having already successfully poisoned the well for minorities in the US.

988747 5y ago

>> Picking candidates based on their race, once everyone remaining is qualified, helps undo some small part of that societal damage. Picking candidates based on their race is called "racism". You don't "undo societal damage" against one race by being racist against other races. >> Besides, if you're so disgusted by racism, you should be in support of trying to correct for it, not opposed. You correct racism by making society race-blind, not by flipping the direction of racist policies.

TameAntelope 5y ago
Picking candidates based on their race is not racism as it does not suggest one candidate is superior to another due to their race. Acknowledging the racism of others is not the same as supporting ideas or policies that promote one racial group as superior in any way to any other racial group. You can not correct racism by making society race blind, but you can perpetuate racism that way! Why do you think the racists prefer we remain at the status quo? There is no substantive difference between what you’re suggesting here and what a white supremacist would suggest in the same situation, having already successfully poisoned the well for minorities in the US.