NYT says college discrimination against asians is GOOD FOR THEM!!

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Affirmative action is pure racism. Can blacks achieve anything on merit outside of pro sports?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/13/...tml?rref=collection/sectioncollection/opinion

oct 13 2018 On Monday, in Federal District Court in Boston, plaintiffs will argue that Harvard discriminates against Asian-American applicants. This lawsuit contends that the school gives these applicants lower scores for personality traits like “humor” and “grit” and that it rejects qualified Asian-Americans in favor of African-Americans and Latinos. The case, which has been supported by the Justice Department and led by an anti-affirmative action group called Students for Fair Admissions and a group of Asian-American applicants who were rejected by Harvard, has the potential to threaten all colleges that consider an applicant’s race in the admissions process. Eliminating race as a consideration in admissions would cause egregious harm to people of color, including Asian-Americans.

 

[ObamacareForever]

Do you only post about affirmative action?

 

[marvin martian]

Do you only post about affirmative action?

Nothing to say on the topic?

 

[ObamacareForever]

Nothing to say on the topic?

Do you ever post more than 1 sentence at a time?

 

[marvin martian]

Do you ever post more than 1 sentence at a time?

So, no, you've got nothing to say on the topic. Continue to dodge away.

 

[connieb]

Affirmative action is pure racism. Can blacks achieve anything on merit outside of pro sports?

I agree that affirmative action is racist.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. I think it will go all the way to SCOTUS.

But next will be things like MBE programs, 8a set asides, etc that take race into consideration.

THAT will be when the really juicy part comes.

Look - Harvard can offer admission to whoever it wants to for whatever reasons. If they take Fed money though - they should not be able to discriminate. I think for that purpose - grants should be included, but not student loans.

I was with a friend the other weekend getting our nails done and she picked up a magazine in there was an add for a local bank. And all the people shown in the pick were middle aged white people. And she was all disgusted and went on about lack of diversity. I said, what difference does it make - that is who works there. Should they have gotten a few stand ins? No, of course they should be forced to hire a diverse workforce. And Ijust said, well.. why is that better? And of course she had no rational reason, went on about doing business with people who look like them and represent their communities. And I just said, I think that sounds pretty divisve. I tell my kids it doesn't matter what you look like or where you come from, so why should they be evaluating who they do business with based on their skin tone? Again - no answer.. she has clearly been drinking the koolaid.