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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: 0.273s | 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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ThrowawayR2 ◴[25 Apr 20 02:25 UTC] No.22975014[source]▶
> "The only way to increase diversity is to practice negative discrimination on dominant groups or positive discrimination on minorities..."

Uh, are you saying that Asian-Americans are a dominant group and not a minority? If so, a lot of us would have something to say about that...

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MiroF ◴[25 Apr 20 02:30 UTC] No.22975044[source]▶
i think by dominant group s/he likely meant over-represented group
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1. ThrowawayR2 ◴[25 Apr 20 02:40 UTC] No.22975094[source]▶
That's just as bad. As the paper notes, these Asian-Americans have justly earned their representation through demonstrated capability and hard work and they are being deprived of it.