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Let's say you have a Black student and a white student that have the exact same everything on their application. I feel like it makes sense to admit the Black s
by _ish1 2y ago
Let's say you have a Black student and a white student that have the exact same everything on their application. I feel like it makes sense to admit the Black student, because it is very likely that they have persevered more.
- alchemist1e9 2y agoIt’s an awfully slippery slope. I understand the idea and it’s good intentions, however it requires calculation of “perseverance” and comparison between humans in a very difficult way.
- sattoshi 2y agoWhat if the Black student’s last name is Obama and the White student was an orphan?
- reducesuffering 2y agoYou better do some extra digging to figure out who is more qualified by some metric, otherwise you incentivize "oh well they look too similar, let's go with our preferred race" more often.