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> What ever happened to access based on merit? It’s a complex problem. If the process of evaluating someone’s merits is biased or restricted in some way, then
by awb 4y ago
> What ever happened to access based on merit?
It’s a complex problem. If the process of evaluating someone’s merits is biased or restricted in some way, then the merits are an inaccurate way of evaluating them.
We’ve seen this exaggerated throughout history. If you deny groups the opportunity to learn how to read then they appear less competent based on their “merits”. When you then take those groups and give them the opportunity to learn how to read, then their “merits” improve over time.
But it’s complex because no two students are the same, nor are any two reading teachers, nor any two reading tests.
So, rather than making it unconstitutional to enfranchise groups, I hope the court comes up with some sort of test to see if a group remains disenfranchised or not. But that’s also an incredibly complex problem.
- nradov 4y agoHow do you define a group, and determine whether an individual is inside or outside that group?
- awb 4y agoRight, it can be tricky and no method would be perfect. Sometimes courts when faced with an inherently ambiguous problem use a “reasonableness test”, which is basically taking it on a case by case basis and deferring to the current cultural climate to call BS on suspect claims.