Harvard University 'discriminates against Asian-Americans'

Re:Harvard University 'discriminates against Asian-Americans' by sebleon on Saturday June 16, 2018 @12:25PM (#17328034)

It’s reasonable for admissions to take into account your access to resources. Growing up in a poor, single parent home is like going through life in “hard mode”, and getting decent grades is impressive.

Sadly race is a good proxy for socio-economic background, and people get treated differently depending on their skin color. Getting these different perspectives in the class is a positive.

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Re:Harvard University 'discriminates against Asian-Americans' by jfnixon on Saturday June 16, 2018 @01:10PM (#17328241)

Using race as a proxy for "access to resources" or socio-economic background is almost certainly a suboptimal idea in the 21st century. Geographic proxies are probably better (think rural Appalachia or poor areas of Detroit), but looking at parents' income tax returns is better still.

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