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June 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-conscious student admissions programs currently used at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina in a sharp setback to affirmative action policies often used increase the number of Black, Hispanic and other underrepresented minority groups on campuses.
originally posted by: tanstaafl
a reply to: JAGStorm
Will wonders never cease... thanks for a tiny fragment of good news in this ocean of otherwise dismaying chaos...
originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: JAGStorm
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This guy sums it up perfectly! Asians have been discriminated against for years because of this. We have been held to the HIGHEST standard unfairly, while others are ushered in.
Yet discrimination against Asians has been perfectly OK..
When my daughter was signing up for college there were scholarships for Asians, but they even separated them.
They were for non Korean/Japanese/Chinese Asian. Yes, they were for the traditionally darker skinned Asians.
I couldn’t believe my eyes. My daughter applied anyways and got it.
My blonde hair, blue-eyed daughter gets an annual ($1k) Hispanic scholarship, thanks to my heritage 🙄.
originally posted by: Edumakated
I see both sides of this issue.
I think the elite schools will move to continue using race in some degree to meet their diversity desires. My guess is that they will stop requiring or make optional standardized tests. Eliminating standardized tests removes any quantitative proxy to show one group typically scores higher than another group and thus cannot claim that they are being discriminated against in admissions because some received admissions with a lower score.
At that point, admissions will be pretty random and hard to determine beyond known "social cues" as to an applicant's qualifications.
originally posted by: butcherguy
Now I will dare to ask the question. Will there be riots?
originally posted by: JAGStorm
originally posted by: butcherguy
Now I will dare to ask the question. Will there be riots?
If there are I ask this question.
Do you not believe you can get into college based on your own merit?
Do you think people should be categorized just based on skin color?
What are you rioting for?
originally posted by: JAGStorm
originally posted by: Edumakated
I see both sides of this issue.
I think the elite schools will move to continue using race in some degree to meet their diversity desires. My guess is that they will stop requiring or make optional standardized tests. Eliminating standardized tests removes any quantitative proxy to show one group typically scores higher than another group and thus cannot claim that they are being discriminated against in admissions because some received admissions with a lower score.
At that point, admissions will be pretty random and hard to determine beyond known "social cues" as to an applicant's qualifications.
They have to go by something. If not tests then grades and the results will be the same.
Asian Americans will be at the forefront.
All are good and the right ones to ask. I think the answer they would give would relate to 600 years of slavery, or whatever.
originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: butcherguy
All are good and the right ones to ask. I think the answer they would give would relate to 600 years of slavery, or whatever.
My family was literally brought over as slaves (Irish)
originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: Edumakated
I know we’ve discussed this topic before and if what you are saying is true there would be NO need for affirmative action.
Not to be insulting, but Asians raised by a tiger mom with perfect test scores are a dime a dozen. It comes down to what else is there?
Extracurricular Activities and College Admissions A review finds that white, Asian and wealthier students record more activities in applications.
And this
The study found that white, Asian American, private school and more affluent students not only reported more activities, but they also reported more top leadership roles and more activities with associated honors, distinctions and awards.
And this
Inequality was especially pronounced in athletics, with private school students being 36 percent more likely to list involvement in sports.