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I think the argument against affirmative action is more, morally speaking, addressing the question, "should we use racial preference to fight racial preference?".
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It might also boil down to a disagreement around who we are obligated to help. Some say dis-advantaged ethnicities. Others say dis-advantaged socioeconomic groups. Et cetera.
"A society which has for hundreds of years done something special against the Negro must now do something special for the Negro." --Martin Luther King, Jr.
"A society which has for hundreds of years done something special against the Negro must now do something special for the Negro." --Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I don't think academic results are the (sole) metric of what enhances society most. I'd argue that getting more folks from underrepresented groups into schools and the pipelines that ultimately follow is a better society enhancement than a school having a slightly higher average GPA.
Seems like a pretty ludicrous analysis. Can be summed up as 'If you ban quotas, the people who get in because of quotas will not be as represented'. Uhh - duh? Will they have another post 'What happens when heavy objects are thrown up in the air - do they fall to the ground or float away?' There is actually a much more interesting analysis of effects of AA on its recipients I read recently here: http://spectator.org/…
I think the argument was 'if you ban quotas based on race in favor of other measure which should still help increase diversity, you don't get as good an effect as just quotas'. That it is lower shouldn't be surprising, but how much lower or higher than the expected lower might be surprising.
I think quotas by income would be a much more interesting experience for college students than quotas by race.
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I don't think academic results are the (sole) metric of what enhances society most. I'd argue that getting more folks from underrepresented groups into schools and the pipelines that ultimately follow is a better society enhancement than a school having a slightly higher average GPA.