Legalized racial discrimination... eh, sorry, I mean "affirmative action" (which must be one of the most obnoxious euphemism for discrimination ever) may in some cases actually discriminate against non-white people (even though, in general, "affirmative action" is always and everywhere created to discriminate against white people, especially white men).
You see, since pretty much the beginning of time (or, rather, since universities have existed), universities have admitted in students based on personal merit: They need to have demonstrated proficiency and knowledge, and the ability to be able to pass the demands of a higher education degree. This usually means good scores in lower level schools (eg. high schools), as well as high scores in a demanding entrance exam.
Nowadays, however, this purely meritocratic principle is being targeted by the political correctness cancer, because it causes an imbalance. For one reason or another, probably because of culture, upbringing and the living environment, certain kinds of people tend to get better scores than others, and be more proficient at schools. The most probable cause for this is that certain cultures value studying and high scores a lot more than others, and thus entice and encourage their children to do so.
Because not all cultures are the same (no matter how much the multiculturalists love to pretend otherwise), some cultures produce more well-learned people than others. Which in turn causes an "imbalance" in university admissions when it comes to how many people of any given cultural background pass the entrance exams.
Because in the modern day this kind of meritocratic system is an evil that must be purged, some universities are engaging in student quotas. And because one of the most prominent defining characteristics of these different cultures is race, the quotas are race-based (regardless of the actual cultural background of the applicants). This is somehow A-ok in the modern society, and somehow not racism. But whatever.
This, however, has a slightly ironic and unintended consequence. You see, people from the eastern parts of Asia tend to live in a culture that values quite a lot studiousness and hard work, which increases their average level of education. And indeed, east Asians have always fared extremely well in university-level education.
So well, in fact, that they tend to be over-represented in universities, compared to their percentage in the general population. In many western countries, proportionately speaking, there tend to be much more Asians in universities, especially in their technical branches, than in the country as a whole.
Well, in some cases this has created the ironic side-effect that racial discrimination... eh, sorry, "affirmative action", is discriminating against high-scoring Asians in university enrollment. See for example: Asian American groups file racial quotas complaint against Harvard University.
On that note, it would be interesting to know how many people admitted to universities via racial quotas (rather than merit) actually graduate, and what their scores are. But I doubt any such university is eager to publish such statistics.
You see, since pretty much the beginning of time (or, rather, since universities have existed), universities have admitted in students based on personal merit: They need to have demonstrated proficiency and knowledge, and the ability to be able to pass the demands of a higher education degree. This usually means good scores in lower level schools (eg. high schools), as well as high scores in a demanding entrance exam.
Nowadays, however, this purely meritocratic principle is being targeted by the political correctness cancer, because it causes an imbalance. For one reason or another, probably because of culture, upbringing and the living environment, certain kinds of people tend to get better scores than others, and be more proficient at schools. The most probable cause for this is that certain cultures value studying and high scores a lot more than others, and thus entice and encourage their children to do so.
Because not all cultures are the same (no matter how much the multiculturalists love to pretend otherwise), some cultures produce more well-learned people than others. Which in turn causes an "imbalance" in university admissions when it comes to how many people of any given cultural background pass the entrance exams.
Because in the modern day this kind of meritocratic system is an evil that must be purged, some universities are engaging in student quotas. And because one of the most prominent defining characteristics of these different cultures is race, the quotas are race-based (regardless of the actual cultural background of the applicants). This is somehow A-ok in the modern society, and somehow not racism. But whatever.
This, however, has a slightly ironic and unintended consequence. You see, people from the eastern parts of Asia tend to live in a culture that values quite a lot studiousness and hard work, which increases their average level of education. And indeed, east Asians have always fared extremely well in university-level education.
So well, in fact, that they tend to be over-represented in universities, compared to their percentage in the general population. In many western countries, proportionately speaking, there tend to be much more Asians in universities, especially in their technical branches, than in the country as a whole.
Well, in some cases this has created the ironic side-effect that racial discrimination... eh, sorry, "affirmative action", is discriminating against high-scoring Asians in university enrollment. See for example: Asian American groups file racial quotas complaint against Harvard University.
On that note, it would be interesting to know how many people admitted to universities via racial quotas (rather than merit) actually graduate, and what their scores are. But I doubt any such university is eager to publish such statistics.
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