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Topic	SAT's Now To Grade Students Based On "Privilege"
streamofthesky 05/18/19 11:11:42 PM #38:	Zeus posted... Golden Road posted... UnhittableJeff posted... "The number will look at 15 factors, including the crime rate in a student's neighborhood and whether the student was raised in a single-parent household." "The Journal reported that race will not be a factor in the score." This idea seems flawed. Regardless of whether the idea is any good the first place, it's outright bizarre that race would not be counted, since that would seem to be one of the biggest challenges some students would face. And way to want the thing to be racist. I actually think the reason this has been developed is because it looks like Affirmative Action might finally be struck down in court from the suits filed by Asians who got screwed by it. So the college system is scrambling to find something to replace it that is explicitly not based on race, but...in the end will result in the status quo mostly remaining the same. Maybe I'm just too cynical, and it's a coincidence this has been rolled out in conjunction w/ the lawsuits from Asian students that seem promising at ending AA... <cite>streamofthesky posted [p:922079567] in SAT's ... [t:77723356]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Golden Road posted...</cite> <quote><cite>UnhittableJeff posted...</cite> <quote>"The number will look at 15 factors, including the crime rate in a student's neighborhood and whether the student was raised in a single-parent household." "The Journal reported that race will not be a factor in the score."</quote> This idea seems flawed. Regardless of whether the idea is any good the first place, it's outright bizarre that race would not be counted, since that would seem to be one of the biggest challenges some students would face.</quote> And way to want the thing to be racist.</quote> I actually think the reason this has been developed is because it looks like Affirmative Action might finally be struck down in court from the suits filed by Asians who got screwed by it. So the college system is scrambling to find something to replace it that is explicitly not based on race, but...in the end will result in the status quo mostly remaining the same. Maybe I'm just too cynical, and it's a coincidence this has been rolled out in conjunction w/ the lawsuits from Asian students that seem promising at ending AA...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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