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Actually, we still need affirmative action for African Americans in college admissions. Heres why.
This article (actually two reposted articles) is well worth the read for those interested in this debate.
Actually, we still need affirmative action for African Americans in college admissions. Here’s why.
Washington Post, Valerie Strauss, 8/2/17
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Fisher, now graduated from Louisiana State University, vows to continue her lawsuit, keeping the affirmative action elephant smack dab in the center of the room. The question hangs in the air: Do highly qualified applicants lose out in the college admissions race because less qualified applicants got special treatment due to race?
Never mind that, in Abigail Fisher’s case, only five of the 47 students admitted with lower grades and test scores than Abigail’s were minority, while 42 were white. Never mind that 168 black and Latino students with grades as good as or better than Fisher’s were also denied entry into the university that year.
Playing the race card is what gets America’s attention.
But there is another, even more fundamental, problem with this debate: Its core premise is deeply flawed.
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Fisher, now graduated from Louisiana State University, vows to continue her lawsuit, keeping the affirmative action elephant smack dab in the center of the room. The question hangs in the air: Do highly qualified applicants lose out in the college admissions race because less qualified applicants got special treatment due to race?
Never mind that, in Abigail Fisher’s case, only five of the 47 students admitted with lower grades and test scores than Abigail’s were minority, while 42 were white. Never mind that 168 black and Latino students with grades as good as or better than Fisher’s were also denied entry into the university that year.
Playing the race card is what gets America’s attention.
But there is another, even more fundamental, problem with this debate: Its core premise is deeply flawed.
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