We are all equal again, right?

[Dill]

(07-03-2023, 06:53 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I'm not really upset about an end to AA in college admissions, and I am not against it when it comes to the law. I wish we were all treated equitably and that we lived in a meritocracy, but that just isn't the case. AA wasn't the answer, though. It was a lazy solution to the issue and now I hope we can seek better answers.

Well, it's been pretty difficult.

CA ended AA back in 1996, with a consequent 40% drop in Black and Latino admissions at their flagship institution.

In the decades since they have not been able to bring those admissions back to pre-'96 levels, and the 
drop has mainly affected top tier public universities in CA.

I'm not wedded to AA as it has existed. 

Unless we can base it, or something like it, on wealth and income disparity, 

which is linked to academic performance and has been widening over the last 15 years, 

there'll eventually be as pushback on any "better answers" 

not involving race as there was about race-based AA.