adexkola
Doesn't understand sportswashing.
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That's because everyone gets weird and eggshelly about race when it comes up. What may seem like a poor solution wouldn't be needed if it wasn't for centuries of racial discrimination sanctioned by the US Government.Oh, I'm under no illusion at all that the biggest cheerleaders for the change would be rich, white, conservative dickheads who want to have more than their already drastically oversized piece of the pie and didn't imply otherwise.
I just think that racial discrimination ('positive' or otherwise) feels like a very poor solution to the issue, and that the institutions that implemented the current system could still bring in something else that would increase opportunities for disadvantaged students on terms that would be less easy to attack legally (parental wealth, affluence of area, performance of schools attended etc).
The University of California system has tried to resolve historical racial discrimination through race neutral means (affirmative action being banned in California). They have failed miserably, and not for lack of trying.
But I'd say parental wealth + history of family attendance in college is a good proxy for race.