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You don't have to measure outcomes at all. Harvard has had discriminatory admissions criteria in the past. Many axes of discrimination are inherited. Ergo prefe
by triceratops 3y ago
You don't have to measure outcomes at all. Harvard has had discriminatory admissions criteria in the past. Many axes of discrimination are inherited. Ergo preferring children of Harvard alumni causes that same discrimination, but with a new name ("legacy admission").
- nonethewiser 3y ago> You don't have to measure outcomes at all. I think I compete agree with this. > Harvard has had discriminatory admissions criteria in the past. Many axes of discrimination are inherited. Ergo preferring children of Harvard alumni causes that same discrimination, but with a new name ("legacy admission"). But are you saying legacy admission are unfair or illegal? “Discriminatory” admissions practices are not necessarily illegal (by gender) nor even bad (by grades).
- triceratops 3y agoThey're definitely unfair. The courts will decide if they're illegal. IMO they should be, because they're one step removed from already-illegal discrimination: based on race, religion, ethnicity, and country of origin.