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Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by snomad on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:23PM (#17335571)
> there is endemic and generational discrimination and privilege issues that can mean even if you truly did not want to make decisions based on race, religion, nationality, etc., you inadvertently did just by using proxies for societal scale discrimination or disadvantage in those categories.

Agreed. However, it seems to rest on confusing race for class. How about we just focus on class and get all the benefits (pick up the poorest; policy that attempts to correct those suffering generational discrimination) without the negatives that come with race based policy.

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Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by TheCoelacanth on Sunday June 17, 2018 @11:00PM (#17335725)
Some of the difference may be caused by class, but it is definitely not all of the difference. Black men consistently end up with a lower income than white men even when comparing only people with the same parental income[1].

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/19/upshot/race-c...

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Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by Covzire on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:48PM (#17335682)
The rich will just go elsewhere, so you might end up doubling their education cost (if new institutions need to be created) but their placement in society will still be the same. Current Ivy league's would fall in stature and we'd back here again within a decade.
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