Re:Justice Dept. To Take on Affirmative Action in College Ad...
by lr4444lr on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @10:07PM
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It may please you to know that there are some coordinated efforts on this front, such as http://asianamericanforeducation.org/en/home/
The applicants who are most discriminated against are Asian applicants. Asians are basically the Jews of yesteryear when it comes to college admissions.
A common criticism is that Asian applicants "game" the system by getting good grades, scoring well on standardized exams, and loading up on extracurriculars. Compare that with sending your kids to an elite private feeder high school. That's not gaming the system at all /s
Affirmative action in today's implementation is less about equal opportunity and more about equal outcome. I don't even see it as a race thing as even the POC applicants that benefit from these policies are almost always economically advantaged. What we need is economic affirmative action. If you come from property you should get second consideration. Infinitely harder getting good grades while impoverished vs a 4.0 at the local 40k/year private high school Ivy feeder.