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by rootusrootus 2196 days ago
> Would it also be okay to suggest Asians are over-represented because of unearned Asian privilege?

Reverse racism, as it were?

> What about suggesting whites are (hypothetically) over-represented because they've made attaining education a priority?

Well, first they'd need to be over-represented ;).

> Forgive me for noticing, but "one-sided" doesn't even begin to describe this debate.

On the contrary, there seems to be a bazillion sides to this whole discussion.

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> Well, first they'd need to be over-represented ;)

Not at all - behold, an entire article complaining about too many whites on Harvard [1], despite being the most under-represented group [2].

[1] https://slate.com/business/2019/09/harvard-admissions-affirm...

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21130080