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Re:Asian-Americans fight back against school discrimination by woodruffw on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @11:08PM (#30523558)
> the problem is and always has been that the particular school you attend has too much weight, irrespective of ability or aptitude. if college admissions were high school blind then this wouldn't even matter to begin with. simply being great, regardless of which school you attend would be enough.

Concisely said. Blinding applicants' high schools would reveal the inequality in treatment latent in our educational system.

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Re:Asian-Americans fight back against school discrimination by gruez on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @11:32PM (#30523764)
>Blinding applicants' high schools would reveal the inequality in treatment latent in our educational system.

Which way?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-30/bilnd-recruitment-tri...

(Not saying this study is necessarily predictive of "inequality in schools", just that we shouldn't expect it to be a sure thing like you suggest)

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