Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions

Interesting indeed. We should all be against racial discrimination so in theory we should all support measures to eliminate it wherever it exists....but I have a feeling some will be very against eliminating certain instances of racial discrimination due to which group benefits and which group is discriminated against.

Perhaps I'm just a pessimist when it comes to these things, we'll see.

 

White men rejoice, white privilege is making a comeback. Back to the 1950's.

 

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Check your privilege kiddo.

 

Contrary to a lot of what folks believe white students, specifically white women, will find themselves on the short end of the stick. The game is already rigged against asians, there won't be an excuse to deny them admissions.

Definitely not what the motivated parties are expecting.

 

smh.

 

Another ignorant take. It's not discrimination it's representation, based on the belief that college demographics should mirror the demographics of society as a whole. It's why Asians get screwed the most while white women benefit the most.

 

I'm shocked to hear that you support racial discrimination in instances like these. Absolutely shocked. What's next? Will water be wet?

 

I'm also not shocked that you couldn't comprehend a single thing that I said. Are you gonna come up with another dumb analogy like that TX weather one you made 2 days ago?

 

Oh I understood what you were saying, I just don't accept your excuse for racial discrimination as a valid one. Let's face it, no one else would accept that excuse if it were to justify racial discrimination against certain other groups of people.

The problem here is that I'm consistently against racial discrimination and you aren't. It's obviously your position, so embrace it.

 

The difference is that the discrimination I am against aims to limit diversity and openness, whereas affirmative action aims to increase diversity.

 

Based on who's belief?

 

Racism should be eradicated. It has no place.

 

Latinos and African Americans have come a long way in the best country in the world. We don't need affirmative action.

However, the motivation behind these things, like the construction of the wall of the south to keep the army of the brown away, the bills to keep transgenders out of the bathrooms, they don't come from a good place in the heart. The message is concerning and quite petty.

Why not, get rid of affirmative action and make universities more affordable for all WHITEs, HISPANICS, BLACKS and Asians. Fund education even more.

 

That isn't happening under Trump's budget... cuts educational spending by $9 billion.

President Trump's Budget Proposal Calls For Deep Cuts To Education

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017...get-proposal-calls-for-deep-cuts-to-education

 

LOL, what does "getting rid of affirmative action" even mean to you? I love it when people say this. Like what actually does it mean? You can't even guess people's race or even think about it? Is it like an element of thoughtcrime? HO w do you plan on enforcing this?

Let's get rid of prejudice/bias , and get rid of affirmative action, and then everything will be fine. Except that the first thing is impossible and has been forever and probably will be forever, and nobody can acutally articulate what the seocnd thing is in practice.

 

Good. Affirmative action is wrong. I remember reading this article that gives applicants easier admission based on race.

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-adv-asian-race-tutoring-20150222-story.html

If colleges want to give admissions to the less advantaged, it should be based on other metrics not related to melanin.

 

White women will feel the brunt of this.

 

Will also be interesting to see this fought out in court depending on how far it goes.