The Harvard university president has stated many times that admissions are weighted and if you are Asian, will have a much harder time getting accepted.
It seems racism is accepted in academia, when it affects a demographic you deem 'problematic'
It seems racism is accepted in academia, when it affects a demographic you deem 'problematic'
As far as why I'm interested in these buckets - it's because this seems to be a very pressing matter of national concern - isn't there a supreme court case regarding this issue on the docket now?
You could do that, but if we disregard race as a factor and use a completely unbiased approach (example: simply select the highest scores and roll a dice in case of a tie), it is easy to see what the distribution would look like based on that table.
(Go ahead. Downvote. It does wonders to change my mind lol).
You have to make a conscious choice to accept some adjustments higher if the foundation is systematically unfair. It might feel unfair to the folks who benefit from systematic advantages early.
And yeah, fixing that is going to cost some folks. Good news, we could figure out who benefitted or even just tax the very wealthy to get it fixed.
Besides, every other country in the world gets to have its own cultural identity. The "real world" is very much a collection of monocultures. Only in America is it considered bad to have a cultural identity.
Here you use the term "monoculture." You appear to be using culture and race interchangeably. Clearly they are not the same. Are you referring to monoculture or monorace?
Personally, I find treating people like trading cards and trying to "collect them all" is much more abhorrent.