To state the truly obvious, if being of a certain race helps some applicants' chances, it hurts applicants who are not of the favored races. Do they think we are idiots?
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To: reaganaut1
Do they think we are idiots? Of course they do. They're at Harvard and we're not. ;-)
To: reaganaut1
Harvard is pro-racism. Known for a long time by some. Known by all now.
32 posted on
10/17/2018 11:02:07 AM PDT by
Boomer
(Better Dead Than Dem)
To: reaganaut1
Admissions is a zero sum game.
If you give one candidate an advantage, you harm the other candidates.
33 posted on
10/17/2018 11:08:04 AM PDT by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: reaganaut1
Their living in Lake Wobegon where everyone is above average.
To: reaganaut1
Their claim is mathematically illiterate: In a closed competition, to help Paul necessarily robs Peter.
36 posted on
10/17/2018 11:45:15 AM PDT by
sourcery
(Non Aquiesco: "I do not consent" (Latin))
To: reaganaut1
If there are only a set number of seats then if one applicant benefits because of race then another will be harmed.
37 posted on
10/17/2018 11:46:15 AM PDT by
Gay State Conservative
(I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
To: reaganaut1
Harvard knows it would be heavily Asian and white without this discrimination. What they ignore is it would also be an incentive to do well in high school for students who really wanted an elite name on their college diploma.
To: reaganaut1
Does this study include fake Indians?
40 posted on
10/17/2018 12:21:09 PM PDT by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west))
To: reaganaut1
Harvard: Race can only help, never harm, applicants chances This is, of course, a logical impossibility.
However, it is an absolute political necessity.
So political necessity trumps logical impossibility, and the impossible is true.
44 posted on
10/17/2018 12:32:20 PM PDT by
Haiku Guy
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: reaganaut1
If it helps one set of applicants, then it hurts another.
46 posted on
10/17/2018 12:44:34 PM PDT by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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