Re:Asian-Americans fight back against school discrimination
by whatshisface on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @01:52AM
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We think universities are trying to solve the trolley problem of whether egalitarianism means letting people rise as high as they can or if it means compensating for all the circumstances of their birth, but they're probably solving the problem of how to admit the student with the highest donation expected value first, then the student with the second highest, then the third...
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Re:Asian-Americans fight back against school discrimination
by DebtDeflation on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @09:30AM
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>or if it means compensating for all the circumstances of their birth
If this is the objective, then we need to start a lot earlier than the point of university admissions. Also, "circumstances of their birth" would need to be broadened to encompass quite a bit more than just race.
Re:Asian-Americans fight back against school discrimination
by whatshisface on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @12:14PM
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>we need to start a lot earlier than the point of university admissions.
Everyone agrees with this, on all sides. That's why we have highschool and grade school for example.