aka "afirmative action" has been an on-going polarizing feature of American life for about a half-century. It has been /is practiced at every institutional and academic level. White liberals who govern almost all our academicand cultural and corporate institutions have decreed that certain groups need to be elevated over others in order to balance out and redress centuries of discrimination real and alleged. If our elites had simply admitted and promoted individuals based on strict meritocracy without regard for any other consideration, everyone would have or should hszve applauded such a turn-of-events.
That didn't happen then and doesn't happen now. Individuals are instead assigned to groups and some groups automatically get favored status while other groups are downgraded.
The most obvious and egregious example of reverse discrimination at the Academic level has been the systematic downgrading of Asian applicants in
favor of "approved minorities " ( read African-americans and hispanics). Different ethnic groups, mostly Asians, have been suing Universities, mostly Ivy schools) for decades with limited success. The most egregious violators of civil rights have been the flag-bearers of the Ivy schools, namely Harvard and Yale. The Supreme Court is poised to hear yet another 'discrimination" case very soon. This will be the eighth such case. The other decisions have been muddled , and, as a result, a clear path has never been paved. Hopefdullyt, this case will be dispositive once and for all.
Let us hope John Roberts ( squishy John) means it when he said, " the way to stop. racial discrimination is to stop......racial discrimination. Stay tuned...
That didn't happen then and doesn't happen now. Individuals are instead assigned to groups and some groups automatically get favored status while other groups are downgraded.
The most obvious and egregious example of reverse discrimination at the Academic level has been the systematic downgrading of Asian applicants in
favor of "approved minorities " ( read African-americans and hispanics). Different ethnic groups, mostly Asians, have been suing Universities, mostly Ivy schools) for decades with limited success. The most egregious violators of civil rights have been the flag-bearers of the Ivy schools, namely Harvard and Yale. The Supreme Court is poised to hear yet another 'discrimination" case very soon. This will be the eighth such case. The other decisions have been muddled , and, as a result, a clear path has never been paved. Hopefdullyt, this case will be dispositive once and for all.
Let us hope John Roberts ( squishy John) means it when he said, " the way to stop. racial discrimination is to stop......racial discrimination. Stay tuned...