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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone please tell me what exactly the argument over SES-based affirmative action is?[/quote]

It will drastically reduce the number of URMs in top colleges.  [b]The children of poor whites score the same on the SAT as as the children of affluent Blacks.[/quote][/b]

This is a gross generalization and wrong, to boot.  Affluence is what affects the score, not race.  [/quote]

Yes, that's the party line, but it isn't backed up by data.  From this link: http://www.jbhe.com/features/53_SAT.html

"But there is a major flaw in the thesis that income differences explain the racial gap. Consider these observable facts from The College Board’s 2006 data on the SAT:

• Whites from families with incomes of less than $10,000 had a mean SAT score of 993. This is 130 points higher than the national mean for all blacks. 
• Whites from families with incomes below $10,000 had a mean SAT test score that was 17 points higher than blacks whose families had incomes of more than $100,000."

So yeah, if you actually changed affirmative action to help out poor kids it would drastically reduce the number of URM students.[/quote]

This is just ...wow. How can this be?[/quote]

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