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by toomuchtodo
2137 days ago
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> programs meant to help the descendants of African-American slaves. The only question is if the Ivy League universities care about this or not. Where is it communicated that this is the intent of these programs? My understanding is that the criteria is simply race (and to an extent, economic conditions). Should it matter if you’re an immigrant or not if the program is designed to provide an advantage solely on race and economic circumstance? If so, it sounds like the program should come right out as indicating reparations are the intent. |
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My (lay) understanding is that universities are (were?) doing a careful dance around Regents of the University of California v. Bakke[1], which permitted them to consider the race of an applicant in order to provide the educational benefits associated with a diverse student body, but did not permit them to use their admissions as a tool for administering reparations.
It's also my understanding that their compliance here is more littoral than spiritual, given the widespread on-campus support for reparations in general.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regents_of_the_Univ._of_Cal._v...