[rolandog]

I think that may be an over-simplification; the following paragraphs from the article clarify they are talking about admissions:

> He and Stanford University professor Ivan Marinovic had argued in a Newsweek op-ed published in August that current diversity efforts — known as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — at universities violated equal treatment.

> Instead, they proposed a framework called Merit, Fairness, and Equality where "university applicants are treated as individuals and evaluated through a rigorous and unbiased process based on their merit and qualifications alone."

In my opinion, the current system is put in place to try to address inequalities that the applicants outside of the educational institution had faced.

It's not a perfect solution, but I think that not having it in place may result in a student roster that would be increasingly conformed by the children of those who have benefited the most from economic inequality.

[esyir]

I would say fix this elsewhere.

If you think that the issue is economic inequality impeding their development, this sort of fix is at best a hack that draws fire in other ways, especially from those with egalitarian values.

An enforced racial criteria is the definition of systemic racism. It's literally a system around judging people on their race and doling out advantages on that race.