On: Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions Process

[dmix]

Wasn't that the whole idea of affirmative action?

[darawk → dmix]

My understanding was that affirmative action was supposed to correct the under-representation of minorities by eliminating the over-representation of non-jewish whites. Not that it was designed to under-represent them.

[repolfx → darawk]

Stated vs actual goals. Listen to the rhetoric of the people who campaign for affirmative action and then judge what they'll really do, not what they say they'll do.

[geodel → darawk]

Seems your understanding is totally out of touch with SJW/Woke wave sweeping across the world. Pointing out statistics may brand you as apologist of racism, perpetuating while privilege etc.

[dang → geodel]

Please don't take HN threads further into ideological flamewar. Going down that road always leads to worse discussion and damages the container here.

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[mffnbs → geodel]

Seems your understanding is drunk and lost all of its tact earlier in the night.

[dang → mffnbs]

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