Dear Americans,
Affirmative action was never about admitting unqualified Black kids. It was always about ensuring qualified Black kids could also get accepted despite a world of systemic racism.
The “unqualified admission” you’re thinking of are legacy students—like how Kavanaugh got into Yale.
And there was reporting/testimony he sexually assaulted Dr. Ford and at least one other classmate.
@skykiss
I see both sides of the #AffirmativeAction debate, including concerns that AA would filter out qualified majority (in this case, White) applicants by decreasing the standards for minority (Black) applicants. I have this fantasy:
No AA filter. More White people than Black get hired/accepted/chosen because White have better education /networking opportunities/ whatever. Then the elementary schools/ training programs get more funding so that it's not as hard to find a qualified Black.
@skykiss
This keeps happening every year, with more Black scholarships and summer camps for as long as statistics show that Black acceptances are disproportionately low, till eventually people assume that Blacks are better qualified because they've had more training/ opportunities, the way we currently (rightly or wrongly) aren't surprised about the prominence of Asians in math, or Blacks in basketball.
So we don't change the filter ; we change the qualifications of the population.
I know, it's just a fantasy, but wouldn't it be awesome to actually get people better, and have people quit complaining "but minority hires are fewer simply because they aren't as qualified!" Okay, well, what are you going to do about it?
... well, I can dream, can't I? ...
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