[gcanyon]

So if admission rates are below population averages, is it your contention that:

   1. Fewer minorities *want* to go to college -- what do you think causes that bias?
   2. Minorities want to go to college, but due to factors of their environment are less able to make it to college -- what do you think leads to that inability?
   3. Minorities want to go to college, and their environment is just as supportive of that goal as for white, but minorities are less capable (on average) of achieving that goal -- what are we to make of this?
   4. Some other explanation I haven't thought of?

[rayiner]

My contention is that the evidence of discrimination against (non-asian) minorities in universities is non-existent. I don’t have an opinion to what’s causing admissions rates to be different than population averages. If someone proves that it’s caused by discrimination against minorities, then we have laws to address that and I’d support enforcing those laws.

[gcanyon]

If we have the fact of lower admission rates, it is incumbent on us as a society that cares about all our members to figure out what's going on. You've refused to express an opinion. Of course, others have proposed rationales, and the solution proposed is unacceptable to you. So what are we to do with that?

[15charlimitdumb]

By this logic we should stop giving college scholarships to women. They are over represented in enrollment compared to men, so that can only be sexism right?

[rayiner]

Society faces many problems—individuals don’t need to have an opinion as to the causes of all of them. I’m not an education expert, so I can’t tell you what causes lower admissions rates. If you think the reason is universities are discriminating, then it’s incumbent on you to build a case for that. I’m sure I’d support enforcing the laws against discriminatory conduct that you can show is happening. But I’m not going to support indicting people without evidence of wrongdoing.

[gcanyon]

I'm not an education expert either, and I'm happy to let universities decide. It's your lot who won't let them.