So basically another form of affirmative action pushed by leftists to justify racist and classist admissions.
Blaqthourne posted...
It'd be intersting to see what happens if all the "privileged" kids all decide to only take the ACT.
I've known adcoms my entire life, and they're very sneaky people. If they see that you took the ACT, and interview you, they'll try to suss you out and assign some BS like a "personality score" that takes into account that you're probably from a privileged background. Basically insidious tactics to circumvent being called out for the racists/sexists/classists that leftist adcoms usually are.
Right, affirmative action is racist, makes sense.
The significant factual statistics highlighting the inordinate amount of difficulties racial minorities experience only point to one thing - the lack of systemic racism. Affirmative action is just giving racial minorities MORE handouts, amirite?
There are 1,0001 problems with what you're saying. The problems you're talking about are largely antiquated (systemic racism), and in the context of contemporary representation, it often has more to do with certain racial groups simply scoring better, on average, than other racial groups. Asians are the prime example to use here because their parents often come from poor backgrounds, yet they do well in spite of these circumstances. Yet people like you want to be blatantly racist by discriminating against them simply because they were born a different race than others, and managed to do better on their own merit.
Also, you have no way of proving how disadvantaged one kid is compared to another. You're just making a sweeping platitude based on race. For all you know the hispanic kid you're giving an advantage to grew up with loving parents who gave him a good environment to foster educational growth compared to the white kid who, in spite of being richer or more "priveleged" on paper, had a shitty upbringing.
Right, systemic racism is antiquated. That is why it has been overcome and doesn't exist in America, right? Oh wait, yes it does and America is one of the most systemically racist places in the world. You are correct, there is no way to predict how disadvantaged a kid will be or where they will end up... except for all those statistics we have about how kids from different areas and backgrounds will experience challenges and success... Seriously, there is an entire academic field that looks into this. TO think race isn't one of the biggest factor in that discussion is either extremely ignorant or a little racist.
It is also hilarious you mention how well Asian kids are doing because they actually face some of the most discrimination when entering American colleges. But hey, don't let facts and statistics get in the way of a god argument, right?
One more thing to clear up, everybody will face challenges in their life regardless of circumstance. One thing white people in America won't struggle with, however, is systemic racism. That is the entire point. It has little to do with financial or social privilege although to act like those are connected to race in a country built on black slavery is, again, either extremely ignorant or a little racist.