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But those resources are already redistributed (from a distribution that somewhat aligns with demographics) with things like personal relationships (think legacy
by aprilthird2021 10mo ago
But those resources are already redistributed (from a distribution that somewhat aligns with demographics) with things like personal relationships (think legacy admissions or a father's buddy handshake internship). AA is meant to correct historical instances of this which snowball into familial / generational wealth and (most difficult to diffuse) social capital that was distributed unfairly.
That's the argument for it, not my belief. The argument for AA is that the so-called meritocracy had/has its own unequal distributions.
- RobotToaster 10mo ago>AA is meant to correct historical instances of this which snowball into familial / generational wealth and (most difficult to diffuse) social capital that was distributed unfairly. If that was the case it would be based on family wealth/income.
- aprilthird2021 10mo agoSocial capital is not measured in family wealth / income, but it can very easily translate into jobs and other valuable things (like when your father knows someone who can get you an interview)
- RobotToaster 10mo agoI'd argue that they're very highly correlated. It would be an unusual outlier for someone to have high social capital but low wealth/income.