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Biden condemns ruling against race-conscious admissions: ‘This is not a normal court’ – live (www.theguardian.com)

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US president says ‘the court once again walked away from decades of precedent’, as Democrats decry supreme court’s affirmative action ruling

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that's basically the argument that just puts blinders on and assumes everything is perfect and why pretend otherwise. A comment I've read that I think has some merit is that they didn't put an end to legacy admissions, bias for donors, employee families, and other special recommendations. These are all systems that favor class and are predominantly white. So why did the justices pretend that admissions are all based around merit and achievement when they are not?

If more were being done about the systemic causes, then I think there would be less frustration with this decision. Since we clearly have quite a long way to go on the systemic issues, this ruling is pretty naive in my view.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

exactly.
Like I get the logic in the ruling.
The problem is it doesn't acknowledge the reality that systemic systems can't be trusted to be race-blind. and to be honest, neither can individuals (any individual.) Ultimately it's a question of ... how do we advance inclusion without discriminating for minorities (as apposed to the current systemic system discriminating against minorities)?

I don't know the right answer, but I'm pretty sure the SCROTUS hasn't hit anywhere near the mark.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

how do we advance inclusion without discriminating for minorities (as apposed to the current systemic system discriminating against minorities)?

Here's a suggestion: invest more money in education and provide economic help to these under represented minorities so that they have a better chance of getting in without a handicap, seems like the obvious choice to me? rather than dumping down the process for their sake, why don't we try to get these minorities to increase their competency levels so that if they got in it was because they actually had the scores to do so and not because of the color of their skins?