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Anything that is not equality based is morally offensive. There should be no racial advantage to getting into college because that in itself is racist.
by invisible_dust 11y ago
Anything that is not equality based is morally offensive. There should be no racial advantage to getting into college because that in itself is racist.
- mikeash 11y agoThat's fine, but understand that race-based preferences are an attempt to even the score, not make things unfair. People who favor things like affirmative action would say that simply being born white gives you a racial advantage to getting into college, so if you think there shouldn't be any racial advantages, you need something like affirmative action. You might disagree with that, but realize that the disagreement lies over what constitutes fairness, not whether racial advantages should be present at all.
- task_queue 11y agoA classic case of "the real racists are the ones who mention race." To address the real problems of continued systemic racism that existed from the founding of our country, we cannot simply put our race blinders on and pretend we're a post racial society. You're ignoring that there are inherent racial advantages in admissions already. It is morally offensive that, as a society, we've proven to be unwavering in our racism until we are forced to address it.
- taeric 11y agoThis assumes that there is no advantage to diversity of race, in and of itself. I don't know if I can claim that there is an advantage, but I do think it is worth finding out. It further assumes that there is not already a giant weighing of the system against certain races, absent this action. Something which is becoming increasingly easy to see as likely false. And then it ignores that overall ideal that all people get education. With no barrier to entry.