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21st Century Racism Is Thriving In American Academe

Should an applicants race be a deciding factor for admission to a university?


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You're still doing it. AA refers to the admission policies of schools, not just to a law.

But they must obey the law. This is an important point. They can't just break the law. And have to be dealt with legally. You can just say please stop it.

So the fact that wealth discrimination happens justifies racial discrimination?

Nope, but I do find there to be a little hypocracy in that. Qualifications matter to some only when race is involved.


So what's the point?

I don't know. I think there's a lot of handwringing over nothing, but I have no problem with people asking they follow the law. But it is a legal issue.
 
But they must obey the law. This is an important point. They can't just break the law. And have to be dealt with legally. You can just say please stop it.

The law says you can't discriminate based on race. I'm saying it's nonsensical that you can use race as a factor without doing that, even if you declare that it's not "the deciding factor."

Nope, but I do find there to be a little hypocracy in that. Qualifications matter to some only when race is involved.

Sure, but the fact remains that racial discrimination is now illegal, and you don't disagree with that.

I don't know. I think there's a lot of handwringing over nothing, but I have no problem with people asking they follow the law. But it is a legal issue.

It says you can't discriminate by race. I think any school that used race as a factor in admissions, only in favor of whites and against blacks, would be instantly found guilty of racial discrimination. You were discussing hypocrisy?
 
The law says you can't discriminate based on race. I'm saying it's nonsensical that you can use race as a factor without doing that, even if you declare that it's not "the deciding factor."

Imagine being in the school's shoes, especially as they keep losing.


Sure, but the fact remains that racial discrimination is now illegal, and you don't disagree with that.

I do not disagree, right.

It says you can't discriminate by race. I think any school that used race as a factor in admissions, only in favor of whites and against blacks, would be instantly found guilty of racial discrimination. You were discussing hypocrisy?

Against the law, yes. But we still have this problem of both schools and students wanting diversity and how to go about it. They will keep trying to find a way to do it within the law.
 
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