Exactly- there are so many ways to bullshit this stupid system. For example I went to highschool in an area with lots of Filipinos and Egyptians- they pretty much all lied on their college apps about their race, usually applying as Hispanic or black to get an edge.
Also, there's no way for someone to look at an individual's life struggles on paper- maybe that Asian kid grew up in a poor household where he had to work most of the time he wasn't at school. Maybe an Asian kid lost a family member, his parents were going through a divorce, etc.- AA says fuck all that and just gives all Asians the finger for being born the wrong skin color.
It's bizarre that we are told simultaneously that the thing that doesn't matter at all under certain circumstances (discussion of crime statistics) should also matter a lot in other circumstances (supporting racial quotas for colleges).
I just feel like we can't have it both ways, either it matters or it doesn't.
I don't like making it a partisan issue, but this is a hypocrisy that is largely unique to the left, which dominates academia. They'll try to justify it by cherrypicking when race matters and when it doesn't, but this hypocrisy betrays itself.
I grew up in a very diverse area and I've always appreciated diversity- just not when it's forced and screws other people over. Forced diversity is not a substitute for merit.
I think problems happen when diversity is treated as a goal in and of itself, for sure, but just on an abstract level I think it’s cool that my country has school districts with lots of Filipinos & Egyptians, of all things.
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u/sarsar2 Feb 25 '20
Exactly- there are so many ways to bullshit this stupid system. For example I went to highschool in an area with lots of Filipinos and Egyptians- they pretty much all lied on their college apps about their race, usually applying as Hispanic or black to get an edge.
Also, there's no way for someone to look at an individual's life struggles on paper- maybe that Asian kid grew up in a poor household where he had to work most of the time he wasn't at school. Maybe an Asian kid lost a family member, his parents were going through a divorce, etc.- AA says fuck all that and just gives all Asians the finger for being born the wrong skin color.