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My favorite part of the article: > A 2021 Gallup poll found that 62% of Americans were in favour of affirmative action programmes. A separate poll released by
by legitster 4y ago
My favorite part of the article:
> A 2021 Gallup poll found that 62% of Americans were in favour of affirmative action programmes. A separate poll released by the Pew Research Center earlier this year, however, found that 74% of Americans - including a majority of black or Latino respondents - believed that race should not be factored into college admissions processes.
I think my takeaway is that even if you give a horrendously unpopular program a catchy enough name, people will think they like it.
- dragonwriter 4y agoAffirmative action isn’t just for college admissions, and outside of college admissions, affirmative action programs generally do not involve decision preferences, but are limited largely to training programs, outreach efforts, and other funnel-shaping efforts. So, the poll results are perfectly consistent with people understanding the question and either supporting AAP in general but not in college admissioms, or supporting it in general but not when it goes beyond funnel-shaping to include decision preferences. They are also consistent with them supporting it in college, and involving decision preferences, but only on ethnicity, gender, and other non-race factors, though that seems less likely.
- legitster 4y agoI think that's a fair point. Then it's worth noting the Supreme court is not considering ending affirmative action at all, just the race-based selection.