Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of Asian-Americans

Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by fraudsyndrome on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:17PM (#17335533)

Not American but wasn't the goal of affirmative action to give access to opportunities from the majority (white-Americans) to the minorities?

I'll try and dig it up when I can but I do remember reading that as a result, Asian Americans got shafted the most (they are still a minority) while white women benefited the most from affirmative action.

People genuinely believe the model minority myth of Asians/Asian Americans and think that this is okay for them.

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Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by gizmo686 on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:22PM (#17335563)

>Not American but wasn't the goal of affirmative action to give access to opportunities from the majority (white-Americans) to the minorities?

Officially speaking, no, as that would be blatantly unconstitutional if done by the government (including public universities), or illegal if done by private organizations.

The official justification was that having a diverse student body provided a benefit to the entire student body; so an underrepresented student actually provided more value than an otherwise equal over represented student.

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