Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions...
by danans on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @08:34PM
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> It’s sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean with the black population of the US.
So 1 billion in subsaharan africa vs 42 million african americans - still on totally different scales.
Subsaharan Africa has plenty of educational institutions of sufficient quality to prepare motivated (and likely more well off) students for admission vs relatively small number of seats at Harvard.
That doesn't in any way contradict with the possibility that general education systems in subsaharan africa aren't great.
Foreign undergrads at elite US universities are likely themselves to be privileged in their countries of origin, not the least because the ability to understand English and pass tests administered in English is a huge filter for privilege in many developing countries.
So 1 billion in subsaharan africa vs 42 million african americans - still on totally different scales.
Subsaharan Africa has plenty of educational institutions of sufficient quality to prepare motivated (and likely more well off) students for admission vs relatively small number of seats at Harvard.
That doesn't in any way contradict with the possibility that general education systems in subsaharan africa aren't great.
Foreign undergrads at elite US universities are likely themselves to be privileged in their countries of origin, not the least because the ability to understand English and pass tests administered in English is a huge filter for privilege in many developing countries.