[271] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Class Based
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Zhelinrentice L Scott)
Sat Apr 28 02:50:02 2001
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To: mit-talk@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 02:49:25 -0400
From: Zhelinrentice L Scott <zlscott@MIT.EDU>
ToastyKen said:
Now, I'm not sure I'd support that because enforcement of cultural
diversity bothers me because it's difficult not to associate it with
race... But one analogy would be something that happened in my high
school district, where racial quotas were removed after much debate,
and economically based bias was instituted instead, which to me makes
more sense, and has far less potential for abuse. In any case, my
point is that I don't think using race as a shortcut to get cultural
diversity or to make up for lost opportunities is worth the downsides.
Admissions are already need blind. How much more can admissions take
class into account?
Zhe
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