Qasim Rashid, Esq. on Nostr: Short 🧵... My TL is full of conservatives who don't understand how Affirmative ...
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My TL is full of conservatives who don't understand how Affirmative Action worked.
Three points
1. The demographic that benefitted MOST from AA—more than Black, Latino, & Asians COMBINED—are white women.
2. AA was NEVER about accepting unqualified people, it was always about ensuring underrepresented qualified people ALSO had a fair shot at acceptance. Universities systemically discriminated against non-white applicants. AA required them to also consider non-white applicants.
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My TL is full of conservatives who don't understand how Affirmative Action worked.
Three points
1. The demographic that benefitted MOST from AA—more than Black, Latino, & Asians COMBINED—are white women.
2. AA was NEVER about accepting unqualified people, it was always about ensuring underrepresented qualified people ALSO had a fair shot at acceptance. Universities systemically discriminated against non-white applicants. AA required them to also consider non-white applicants.
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