[463] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: In Defense of Affirmative Action
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher D. Beland)
Wed May 2 13:46:00 2001
Message-Id: <200105021740.NAA06893@Press-Your-Luck.mit.edu>
To: matt <deberg@xennahtron.com>
cc: mit-talk@MIT.EDU
In-reply-to: The events that comprise the history of the universe.
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 13:40:09 -0400
From: "Christopher D. Beland" <beland@MIT.EDU>
matt writes:
> but nobody has asserted unjustice at the individual level. given
> two equal candidates, if MIT picks the majority over the minority
> then the minority is also justified in complaining. AA, at least
> how MIT does it, is by definition a macroscopic phenomenon. any
> case-by-case analysis lacks the very context you are trying to
> judge.
Individuals, namely those that would have gotten in by random
selection but didn't, certainly are affected by the macroscopic
policy.
An interesting solution would be race-blind (in addition to
need-blind) admissions.
-B.
