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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by roamerz on Friday July 23, 2021 @08:40PM (#27937395)
At a superficial level yes. The actual impact to people and society I think is far greater and will have an overall negative affect on society and interracial relationships. Putting myself in the shoes of someone that was bumped out of something they earned through hard work and dedication because my skin color was not correct would make me bitter to those that implemented the policy as well as (hopefully less so) the person that got my seat. So now whoever made this policy has just maybe added a little racist chip on my shoulder where one did not exist previously. Multiply this many times over and all of a sudden we have a more racist society and reversing what I think the direction we have been going.
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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by Akronymus on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:26AM (#27956656)
Not to forget that a when person who fits the criteria get in, they can most likely never be sure whether they deserved it or if it is because of their skin colour.
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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by vagrantJin on Saturday July 24, 2021 @05:03AM (#27939361)
Theres a certain thing about race, that we can threaten to be racists if things don't go our way. Is being a racist somehow a good thing? I'm not implying we should hold hands and sing kumbaya, far from it.

But why threaten to become a racist particularly?

We need discourse, demonstrations and solutions, that insititions should very well look for and nuture young talent from wherever it may come from.

But to threaten to be actively racist, without ecploring any other solution is truly telling.

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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by username90 on Saturday July 24, 2021 @08:40AM (#27940404)
When you are racist against people then they will likely become racist. It isn't a threat, that is just how the world works. You can't just impose policies without evaluating them holistically, if you don't take into account that the people you are racist against might become more racist then you aren't doing your job properly.
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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by mk81 on Saturday July 24, 2021 @07:48AM (#27940090)
>But to threaten to be actively racist, without exploring any other solution is truly telling.

I assume you're referring to the practice of requiring higher scores for Asian students? And then doing away with the standardized tests altogether when it got too hard to get the outcomes you want? That active racism?

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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by roamerz on Saturday July 24, 2021 @11:32AM (#27941761)
Maybe I am misunderstanding your comment or I didn’t do a good enough job writing mine. I was simply trying to put myself in that position and analyze what I might be feeling and then extrapolate that to what overall affect there might be to society.
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