Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by hedora on Thursday June 29, 2023 @05:17PM
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The equity approach is so blatantly racist / classist that I can’t believe it has taken root in left leaning states like California.
Equality based: Fund the schools, and use evidence based educational reforms, with the result that California schools were top ten in the US.
Equity based: Not everyone can do math and stem, so defund science and art programs (already done) and try to discontinue funding for calculus (almost happened this year). Schools are now 43rd in country, but rich districts can have parents fund the missing programs via donations, and are some of the best in the country. Further fuck with things by forcing UC admissions to be based on standing within each school’s graduating class, so illiterate minority kids end up being admitted to the top schools, and need to be weeded out.
Equality based: Fund the schools, and use evidence based educational reforms, with the result that California schools were top ten in the US.
Equity based: Not everyone can do math and stem, so defund science and art programs (already done) and try to discontinue funding for calculus (almost happened this year). Schools are now 43rd in country, but rich districts can have parents fund the missing programs via donations, and are some of the best in the country. Further fuck with things by forcing UC admissions to be based on standing within each school’s graduating class, so illiterate minority kids end up being admitted to the top schools, and need to be weeded out.