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> Admissions departments will find proxies for race. And that would be the same thing. If someone can prove it, it's illegal.
by DeathArrow 3y ago
> Admissions departments will find proxies for race.
And that would be the same thing. If someone can prove it, it's illegal.
- slibhb 3y agoIf colleges stop considering standardized tests in order to keep the number of Asians down, is that illegal? Could courts force colleges to keep using the SAT?
- local_crmdgeon 3y agoYes to point one, no to point 2
- rahimnathwani 3y agoCould courts force colleges to keep using the SAT? At least in California, courts forced colleges to stop using the SAT: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-01/uc-may-not-use-the-sat-or-act-for-admissions-scholarship-decisions-for-now-judge-rules https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-01/uc-may-n... (They were going to stop anyway, but this ruling sped things up.)
- onychomys 3y agoA proxy of zip code, maybe. That would be racially blind, a poor white kid in the midst of a poor black neighborhood would be just as likely to get in as their black neighbors would be.
- supportengineer 3y agoWhat if they required a GPA of less than 4.0?
- kllrnohj 3y agoFrom the SCOTUS opinion: > “Nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise,” Roberts wrote. Sure seems like proxies for race are if anything explicitly called out as being OK by SCOTUS rather than illegal.
- Levitz 3y agoFar from it, the point is that the lived experience of the individual matters, just not their race explicitly. The court recognizes the effects of race and recognizes them as valuable when considering a candidate, just not their race per se. If you allow me to be a bit cheeky, it values the content of their character over the color of their skin.