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I thought that affirmative action was a well established part of almost all university admissions. Seems disingenuous of them to put minority in scare quotes,
by swatow 12y ago
I thought that affirmative action was a well established part of almost all university admissions. Seems disingenuous of them to put minority in scare quotes, when affirmative action is not something that universities are coy about talking about.
- barry-cotter 12y agoMinority is in scare quotes because they have to be the right minorities. East Asians and South Asians don't count.
- swatow 12y agoI understand that, and agree to some extent, and yet universities don't claim to give preference to East Asians or South Asians (actually they discriminate against these groups, but that is another matter). Usually universities would call Blacks and Hispanics "historically underrepresented groups" or something similar.
- rmc 12y agoA good term to use is "margarine group", it's more accurate than minority. In apartheid south Africa black people were a margalized group despite being the majority of the people. Likewise, one could say that a minority of the USA is Asian, but are Asians a margalized group when it comes to university?