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Originally posted by Sebring77
But it's the white guy who is the minority today.
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I'll have another go at the "rationale" - note that I actually am only semi-subscribed to it. It has flaws.
Basically, the concept is that if you have a specific % representation of different races in the population, and that same % is not represented in college education
outcomes, then an affirmative action style rationale exists to change from a goal of
equality of access (what most of you guys want) to
equality of outcome.
It is a flawed concept, IMHO, but quite well meaning. It presupposes that the same underrepresented minorities in college outcomes are underrepresented because the same minorities are overrepresented in poverty.
That is why I referred to race as a proxy for poverty.
I guess theoretically there comes a time when the equality of access and outcome become the same, and affirmative action drops away.
This is a pretty interesting discussion though.