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> So if a college is 100% white in a predominately black area, would you not consider that to be somewhat suspicious? Assuming that was due to discrimination t
by nonethewiser 3y ago
> So if a college is 100% white in a predominately black area, would you not consider that to be somewhat suspicious?
Assuming that was due to discrimination that would be bad. Not tracking race does not beget racism. You can oppose both. Furthermore you cant prove racism or bias from an uneven distribution of race. If we stopped tracking race maybe we could avoid this logical fallacy and focus our efforts on real racism. Like policies that explicitly authorize discrimination by race.
- jjj123 3y ago> Assuming that was due to discrimination that would be bad. But if it was accidental it wouldn’t be bad? I think the OPs point is that we can’t always know the second order effects of our decisions (hypothetical ex: requiring high test scores from a standardized test that native English speakers do better on) without keeping track of the outcomes.
- fzeroracer 3y agoExactly. There are multiple cases where things a university does inadvertently favors one subgroup or another. We know for example the SATs favor Asian-Americans. So does having standardized testing as part of your admissions process count as affirmative action? How many layers of indirection do you need in order for it to be acceptable? It's ultimately not an easy thing to determine at all and trying to just hide the racial statistics of universities is just admitting it isn't a problem as long as it isn't seen.