• RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world
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    2 年前

    You can never change who your parents are, that’s some real mental gymnastics to justify how hereditary acceptance criteria is good actually, but using race to identify those underservered by k-12 education, lacking in family connections, not having knowledge of college specific tricks to getting accepted & generally having less resources available to do the extra-ciricular activity to get in, and compensate for that bias is bad.

    Affirmative action is only silly if you don’t accept that systemic racism exists.

    • escaped_cruzader@lemmy.world
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      2 年前

      Affirmative action is only silly if you don’t accept that systemic racism exists.

      Just because AA isn’t “silly” doesn’t mean it’s a correct policy

      Most of AA “positives” can be achieved with income-based criteria, more seats in courses and the unachievable better base education and home environment

      • Derproid@sh.itjust.works
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        2 年前

        AA was meant to cause division not solve issues. Which becomes obvious when you realize having income-based criteria would help everyone that needed it, not just some black people that do and some that don’t.