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Conservative activist behind US affirmative action cases sues VC fund

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Re: Conservative activist behind US affirmative action cases sues VC fund

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Post by ZeroGravitas »

the_lego wrote: post #2

The conservative-majority court rejected policies used by many U.S. colleges and universities to use race as one of multiple factors in admissions in order to boost enrollment of Black, Hispanic and certain other minority students. Blum's group had argued that such programs discriminated against white and Asian American applicants. Discussions about this topic usually happen with nobody bothering to verify, or even e…

Ivy leagues accept 12% of students from overseas, which will skew the demographics towards the global average.

Re: Conservative activist behind US affirmative action cases sues VC fund

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Post by dragonwriter »

ZeroGravitas wrote: post #11
the_lego wrote: post #2

The conservative-majority court rejected policies used by many U.S. colleges and universities to use race as one of multiple factors in admissions in order to boost enrollment of Black, Hispanic and certain other minority students. Blum's group had argued that such programs discriminated against white and Asian American applicants. Discussions about this topic usually happen with nobody bothering to verify, or even e…

Ivy leagues accept 12% of students from overseas, which will skew the demographics towards the global average.

> Ivy leagues accept 12% of students from overseas, which will skew the demographics towards the global average.

Only if the 12% is itself a random selection of the global pool, rather than selective by the same kind of criteria the schools use for other students.

Re: Conservative activist behind US affirmative action cases sues VC fund

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Post by cafard »

cvccvroomvroom wrote: post #5

I'm wondering how long it will take, if ever, until: 1. we can put the wasted efforts of tribal cultural warfare behind us 2. we can have debates that may not and should not result in unanimous agreement without being disagreeable 3. voters are informed deeply about all issues and candidates presented before them from verified sources, not press releases from political operatives 4. Elimination of PACs 5. Private fin…

What does this have to do with the article?

Re: Conservative activist behind US affirmative action cases sues VC fund

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Post by the_lego »

ZeroGravitas wrote: post #11
the_lego wrote: post #2

The conservative-majority court rejected policies used by many U.S. colleges and universities to use race as one of multiple factors in admissions in order to boost enrollment of Black, Hispanic and certain other minority students. Blum's group had argued that such programs discriminated against white and Asian American applicants. Discussions about this topic usually happen with nobody bothering to verify, or even e…

Ivy leagues accept 12% of students from overseas, which will skew the demographics towards the global average.

The 'Methodology' section of that image (text on the bottom) states it only looks at the fraction of non-international students with a known race. I.e. it subtracts international students and students with race listed as 'unknown' from the total, and considers that the new 100%.

Re: Conservative activist behind US affirmative action cases sues VC fund

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Post by pauldenton »

cvccvroomvroom wrote: post #5

I'm wondering how long it will take, if ever, until: 1. we can put the wasted efforts of tribal cultural warfare behind us 2. we can have debates that may not and should not result in unanimous agreement without being disagreeable 3. voters are informed deeply about all issues and candidates presented before them from verified sources, not press releases from political operatives 4. Elimination of PACs 5. Private fin…

What is wrong with PACs? Political Action Committees. So instead of donating to support a certain candidate against an opponent, you support an issue, you support pro life against pro choice, or you support gay marriage against traditional marriage.

Re: Conservative activist behind US affirmative action cases sues VC fund

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Post by pauldenton »

spicymaki wrote: post #6

Is it possible that Edward Blum does not know that there are VC funds that fund specifically Asian American entrepreneurs and scholarships that fund only Asian Americans and Jewish Americans as well? If he is balanced and targets groups other than blacks and Hispanics, I would be believe in the purity of his cause.

Maybe he knows about them and is against them? Like how some colleges have "theme houses" which have defacto segregation as only Asians live in the Asian theme house. Blacks in the Black theme house. Or you have segregated graduation ceremonies. Where all the Pacific Islanders have their own special ceremony.And so on and so on

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Post by gettodachoppa »

the_lego wrote: post #2

The conservative-majority court rejected policies used by many U.S. colleges and universities to use race as one of multiple factors in admissions in order to boost enrollment of Black, Hispanic and certain other minority students. Blum's group had argued that such programs discriminated against white and Asian American applicants. Discussions about this topic usually happen with nobody bothering to verify, or even e…

Cool it with the anti-semitism.

Re: Conservative activist behind US affirmative action cases sues VC fund

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Post by ignoramceisblis »

cafard wrote: post #13
cvccvroomvroom wrote: post #5

I'm wondering how long it will take, if ever, until: 1. we can put the wasted efforts of tribal cultural warfare behind us 2. we can have debates that may not and should not result in unanimous agreement without being disagreeable 3. voters are informed deeply about all issues and candidates presented before them from verified sources, not press releases from political operatives 4. Elimination of PACs 5. Private fin…

What does this have to do with the article?

They're unhappy whenever their political opponents make small, sensible steps towards treating people not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. In such cases, they will declare the system is unjust and must be abolished.

When their own political allies make their own gains, whether its by corruption, violence, intimidation, lies, defamation, or destruction, they will hide those actions, declare you should be outcast (or worse) if you believe they took place, or declare those actions were just and necessary.

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