Vol8188
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Encouraging? Is that the standard. You claimed Asians were being held to the same standard and not being held to higher standards according to their race, just that they weren’t doing as well in areas other than academics (volunteer hours, interviews, etc).
Sotomayor openly says this is a situation of differing standards but that different standards are necessary.
Literally every person but you, realizes Harvard was discriminating against Asians.
The question was “are discriminatory practices justified”. Not “are they occurring”. If they weren’t occurring an end to race based college entry wouldn’t what both sides the dissent and the majority opinion and literally every headline about the case are about.
It’s literally just you who doesn’t understand this
No one said anything like this about “Asians” as a group, I said high test scores don’t mean “admission everywhere or it’s discrimination” which should be extremely obvious
She said their admission policies are in line with the Civil Rights Act and should survive strict scrutiny, making the same arguments that affirmative action proponents have made for decades now but that you seem to think are brand new or in disagreement with me for some reason
I bet even the majority didn’t say this
The question was whether race can be an element of admission. No one was arguing that it never has been. That’s a pathetic strawman.
LOL
No one said anything like this about “Asians” as a group, I said high test scores don’t mean “admission everywhere or it’s discrimination” which should be extremely obvious
She said their admission policies are in line with the Civil Rights Act and should survive strict scrutiny, making the same arguments that affirmative action proponents have made for decades now but that you seem to think are brand new or in disagreement with me for some reason
I bet even the majority didn’t say this
The question was whether race can be an element of admission. No one was arguing that it never has been. That’s a pathetic strawman.
LOL
No one was arguing that it never has been? You were. You’re the literal person who was saying Asians were being denied in favor of other candidates due to factors other than their gpa and their SAT scores. Yet this case very obviously says otherwise. This case is about the established fact that Asians were being held to a higher standard than other racial groups and if that was justified. If they weren’t being held to a different standard, why would you even need to know their race?
By nature of asking “can race be an element of admission” you’re stating support for racial discrimination in admission. Just like by nature of supporting gpa as an element of admission, you’re stating support for gpa based discrimination in admission.
Literally in the first paragraph she promotes a “race conscious” means to admissions and states it’s importance for diversity in her second paragraph. How exactly does any of that happen without discrimination based on race? The answer is it doesn’t.
why is diversity better? It's an honest question.Race-conscious admissions have been in place for decades now. I even restated my point for you in the first sentence of my previous post and somehow you missed it for this strawman instead.
Hell, even Roberts didn’t push back on a diverse student body being a compelling interest; he essentially just said there should be a time limit and there isn’t enough racism to need these programs anymore.
I even restated my point for you in the first sentence of my previous post and somehow you missed it for this strawman instead.
Lol it’s cute when you act like you’re being clear and concise when the truth is you just evade. You’ve been asked 50x probably in this thread if Asians were discriminated against by admission standards. Everytime you’ve just redirected to “subjective standards” and denial. Then you accuse me of strawmaning. Let’s hear your actual opinion. No dancing around.
Are you finally willing to admit Asians were being discriminated against in an effort to increase the number of black students?
Another thing I’ve answered already, lol. I’m sure it’s happened, but nowhere near as often as people claim, including the case we were talking about where your argument was “good test scores + rejection = discrimination” and could not wrap your head around admission being anything but a test score
And, yes, “you said there’s no race conscious admission even though you realize it’s existed for decades” is a hell of a strawman lol
Lol what exactly did I strawman about your argument? You’re downplaying the discrimination and hiding behind subjective standards.
If the discrimination isn’t happening (which is what you’re claiming), then won’t the subjective standards be enough to continue getting black students with lower scores in over Asian students even if they do a race blind admission? If that’s true, this wouldn’t have needed to go to the Supreme Court, and Sotomayor wouldn’t have anything to object to.
The obvious answer here is yes, it has been happening. That’s why they need to know the ethnicity of the candidates, so they can weigh the applications appropriately
Characterizing my argument as “race conscious admissions policies don’t exist” is hilariously bad reading comprehension and that’s generous. We were talking about one person and whether high test scores + rejection were proof of discrimination, which probably everyone here can answer easily especially considering he got rejected from non-AA schools too
No one said anything like this about “Asians” as a group, I said high test scores don’t mean “admission everywhere or it’s discrimination” which should be extremely obvious
She said their admission policies are in line with the Civil Rights Act and should survive strict scrutiny, making the same arguments that affirmative action proponents have made for decades now but that you seem to think are brand new or in disagreement with me for some reason
I bet even the majority didn’t say this
The question was whether race can be an element of admission. No one was arguing that it never has been. That’s a pathetic strawman.
LOL
That will go to SCOTUS and get struck down
Shows how extreme Dems are now
They hate the USC