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It’s bizarre that universities are banning caste discrimination while at the same time actively discriminating based on race. See recent Harvard lawsuit over As
by snowgrove 5y ago
It’s bizarre that universities are banning caste discrimination while at the same time actively discriminating based on race. See recent Harvard lawsuit over Asian student admissions.
- daniel-cussen 5y agoYeah including discriminating against all castes of South Asian students.
- tsol 5y agoNot really, considering they're both different types of discrimination. Acceptance quotas, while controversial, is different from racial discrimination.
- olliej 5y agoThe various racial “quotas”, etc exist to offset the impact of the other racist policies and biases in the university’s enrollment system. It would be nice if they weren’t needed, but history shows that they are.
- MarkMc 5y agoOne problem is that a quota system penalizes Asians more than whites. This would imply that Asians have historically benefitted more than whites from a biased university enrollment system. What could possibly cause the (mainly white) college administrators to give Asians preferential treatment over whites?
- snowgrove 5y agoThis is one justification for racial admissions quotas. It ignores how black students admitted to Harvard often come not from the descendants of enslaved Americans but high-income first generation African immigrant families, or how many white students such as the children of coal miners and steelworkers have also suffered historical disadvantages. It also ignores how economically-disadvantaged Asian families have successfully used merit-based admissions as a ladder out of poverty, and how racial admissions quotas pull that ladder out of reach for many.
- bennysomething 5y agoWhich is a great argument against lumping people into groups based on race.
- vanusa 5y agoThe various racial “quotas”, etc exist to offset the impact. What's with the ironic quotes on “quotas”? Are they instances of active discrimination, or are they not? History shows that they are [needed]. A highly contentious assertion.
- beerandt 5y agoThere was a long legal battle arguing that there were no race-based admission quotas, but that race was a factor taken into account in order to achieve desired levels of diversity. Or something equally nonsensical.
- strikelaserclaw 5y agoregardless of what you guys think, Harvard seems to have a pretty good system in place to benefit themselves, until that stops working, i don't think they will stop using their own admission policies.