Looking Beyond Affirmative Action
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Earlier this week, I asked for your thoughts on racial preferences in college admissions. For context, Pew found in 2019 that “most Americans (73%) say colleges and universities should not consider race or ethnicity when making decisions about student admissions. Just 7% say race should be a major factor in college admissions, while 19% say it should be a minor factor.”
Daniel defends affirmative action on utilitarian grounds:
Steps to bring minority representation in higher ed closer to the general population have fairness and constitutional issues. But if we had not had them the last 30 years, we would have a much more unjust society and much more racial enmity. The aggregate good done for minority applicants far exceeds the aggregate harm done to white applicants.
L.H. objects
