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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The system has been stacked against AAs for a long time. Most AA kids are still in low quality public schools. I think as a society, we deserve to give them a boost in college admissions. [/b]Yes, some wealthy AA families get an unfair boost but they are a minuscule number. I am a white parent and am eternally grateful that my kids don't have to deal with the stigma of racism, unconscious bias and police targeting. Asians generally have a positive bias towards them which can be a help overall rather than an obstacle. Most people tend to generalize and assume when they meet an Asian person that they must be smart, hardworking and good at math whether that is actually true for the individual or not. Positive biases can be very helpful in pushing individuals along in life in a positive direction whether a person realizes it or not. [/quote]

I'm a white parent of white kids.  I agree with the bolded statements, but here's my concern:  most of the kids accepted by Harvard whom they label as "AA" are NOT the ones with low SES status.  Look at the above-cited figures on SES distribution at Harvard.  Harvard is taking well-to-do AA's and wealthy Nigerians, etc.  That's their version of affirmative action!

I strongly support taking lower-scoring kids from disadvantaged backgrounds -- if they've done well in school and engaged in the world, then I'd put my money on them to achieve in adulthood as well!

BUT it's a sham for Harvard to take a Nigerian oilman's boarding-school-educated son and then count him in its "African American" or even "diverse" numbers  -- and then showcase those numbers as evidence of practicing affirmative action!  Yet that's the story at Harvard and other top schools.  Watch this piece:  https://www.eurweb.com/2017/08/harvard-admits-blacks-african-american-video/#   Its black author cites criticism by Lani Guinier and Henry Louis Gates about the high numbers of blacks and "African Americans" who are NOT African American, who are NOT from families that have suffered the effects of slavery.  To use the words of the video, those black international students "don't bear the costs of the legacy of slavery."  Harvard and other schools aren't faithful to the intent of affirmative action.  That's the hypocrisy that doesn't get talked about.

I'd love to see schools practice REAL affirmative action, and not the fraud they're peddling as affirmative action.
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