aquascoot wrote on Jun 15
th, 2020 at 3:00pm:
Karnal wrote on Jun 15
th, 2020 at 2:24pm:
aquascoot wrote on Jun 15
th, 2020 at 1:30pm:
Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jun 15
th, 2020 at 1:26pm:
aquascoot wrote on Jun 15
th, 2020 at 1:21pm:
Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jun 15
th, 2020 at 1:18pm:
aquascoot wrote on Jun 15
th, 2020 at 1:00pm:
“The consideration of race, alongside many other factors, helps us achieve our goal of creating a diverse student body that enriches the education of every student,” University president Lawrence S. Bacow said in a message to the University community. “Everyone admitted to Harvard College has something unique to offer our community, and today we reaffirm the importance of diversity—and everything it represents to the world.”
when they starting talking diversity, they are talking equality of outcome
(the outcome being admission to harvard),
not equality of opportunity (those with the best grades get the spot)
Thats not evidence you know.
The university president says the aim is to create diversity.
Asian students with higher SATs then African American students miss out.
Students are chosen on the basis of race, not test scores, so that diversity can be constructed.
Whilst we're on equality of opportunity at Harvard how about that kid at the Frisch School whose GPA and SAT didn't merit entry but got entry based on his dad giving them $2.5 million as a gift
Shouldn't have got in.
Corruption of the meritocracy.
Wicked stuff
Indeed. But you're arguing that we should have equality of opportunity.
So unfair, is it?
if you want to have the most prosperity, you make sure things function on a hierachy of competance.
for academia...that means the most brainy get the spot....period.
why would we exclude africans or women or gays and lesbians from any aspect of society if they were the most competant.
if a black muslim transgender is the best neurosurgeon...thats who i want removing my kids brain tumour.
but i dont want harvard medical school using race or daddys cash or sex or skin colour to determine who gets trained as a neurosurgeon...that corrupts the ideal of the market capitalist system.
favouring african americans is a sin of the left
favouring rich kids is a corruption of the right.
the left see many hierachies as hierachies of power.
that can be because rich people are trying to cheat.
thats where the capitalist system needs to "pay attention" and make sure all hierachies are hierachies of COMPETANCE.
and if you are Warren Buffet , the most competant stockbroker and a trillionaire, we should applaud you and study you
and if you are micheal jordan the most competant basketball player we should applaud you and study you.
we shouldnt give a short fat kid who cant play basketball the same ribbon for "participation" as micheal. that corrupts the hierachy.
the short fat kid has to go find his niche and climb that hierachy .
Aquascoot, American universities exclude
all students who can't pay hundreds of thousands in fees. If you can't afford to study, you don't.
There goes your best marks case. Your next trick will be saying people with the most money should go to university - period. You watch, you'll make just that case.
Now rather than me chasing you around calling your krap, just say that. The kids with the richest parents deserve to go to uni, get the best marks, get the best jobs and make the most cash. You can then say how unfair it is that rich white guys like Mr Trump don't get MORE opportunities, so unfair.
Chop chop. Stop wasting our time complaining about equality and just join us in a jolly old chuckle.
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