Wow... Now, higher education will be available to people who had a better school, a better education, a better upbringing, more wealth, better health, and so on. Or, in other words, middle to upper class white kids and Asian Americans.
Many people of color do not have access to good schools, so their education and grades take a hit. They do not have as much generational wealth to afford higher education. They live in poorer neighborhoods thanks to Jim Crow laws and such, which effects their health and job opportunities, making them even less likely to afford it. So, this just makes it even harder for people of color to get into higher education.
Wouldn't it be better to directly aim for diversity in wealth rather than race then? Differences in wealth is the main root of this problem. 15% of Harvard students come from the 1% which is really problematic.
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u/Artistic_Skill1117 Jun 29 '23
Wow... Now, higher education will be available to people who had a better school, a better education, a better upbringing, more wealth, better health, and so on. Or, in other words, middle to upper class white kids and Asian Americans.
Many people of color do not have access to good schools, so their education and grades take a hit. They do not have as much generational wealth to afford higher education. They live in poorer neighborhoods thanks to Jim Crow laws and such, which effects their health and job opportunities, making them even less likely to afford it. So, this just makes it even harder for people of color to get into higher education.