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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, and apparently I am in the majority when it comes to believing that income, not race, should drive affirmative action. In the linked article, reference is made to a 2016 Gallop poll that shows 60% of Americans oppose race-based AA, but that 60% of Americans favor income-based AA. The article explains why providing a "leg up" to the disadvantaged of ALL races, and not just blacks, is the fairer approach.

https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/09/04/affirmative-action-should-be-based-on-class-not-race[/quote]

Life is not fair.  You forget that AA helps women more than black people.  Women are the main beneficiaries.  Are we willing to take that away as well?  Remember, women are also catching hell in corporate america.  Without AA, they would not be there.[/quote]

I don't think the OP was talking about sex, but race. Last time I checked, being female is not a race. Also, women outnumber men in college education attainment. Shouldn't affirmative action be favoring men in order to atone for this discrimination by colleges/universities against men? [/quote]

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