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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by nick7376182 on Monday February 05, 2024 @12:59PM (#39264301)
I agree with 90% of this but I would say it's not entirely "retarded". It USED to be a very valid disadvantage across the board to have a minority race or skin color, but now as racism becomes less pervasive and "affirmative action" has had time to take effect it is becoming less of an effect. To dismiss it entirely ignores how much it seems to have accomplished.

I do hate to see poor and working class white male children pretty much hung out to dry in the eyes of progressives these days.

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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by legolas2412 on Monday February 05, 2024 @03:25PM (#39266626)
> It USED to be a very valid disadvantage across the board to have a minority race or skin color

I completely agree that this used to be the case. I might even argue that it is still true to an extent. I will also agree that we should still address it. My problem is when addressing it involves discriminating against asian Americans like me. The people who want to discriminate against asian Americans are just using "historical disadvantage" as an excuse, their actions are political/ideological.

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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by gnicholas on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:16PM (#39267298)
The thing that made the least sense about Harvard's case was that Asians had a harder time getting in than white students. I could see the argument for other minorities being given a leg up over Asian students, but white students? That made no sense.
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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by lazyasciiart on Monday February 05, 2024 @08:00PM (#39269423)
And the people who want to discriminate against Black Americans are just using "discriminating against Asian Americans" as an excuse, their actions are also political and ideological.
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