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Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions [pdf]

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376 points undefined1 | 1 comments | 25 Apr 20 00:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.222s | source
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umvi ◴[25 Apr 20 02:13 UTC] No.22974956[source]▶
This is obviously a controversial topic, and I have mixed feelings.

The bottom line (for me) is that diversity at universities and other organizations is either good, neutral, or bad. We've (mostly?) collectively agreed diversity is good as diversity in sex/age/race bring diversity in thought, which presumably results in more innovation/competition/challenging of status quo/etc. The only way to increase diversity is to practice negative discrimination on dominant groups or positive discrimination on minorities...

Either that or universities need to dedicate a large amount of funding marketing to minorities so that they get more competitive applicants from said group. However, discrimination is easier and cheaper to implement.

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skybrian ◴[25 Apr 20 02:16 UTC] No.22974967[source]▶
I think Harvard should be 10x bigger than it is. Why can't we have that? This needn't be zero-sum.
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1. hackinthebochs ◴[25 Apr 20 02:24 UTC] No.22975012[source]▶
The value of Harvard is in its exclusivity. If they just let anyone in over some SAT/GPA cutoff then the value of a Harvard diploma drops.