"Ketanji recused herself from the Harvard case, but voted in the NC one, so both Ketaji and Sotomayor were only present because of affirmative action."-johnflubs
You just made the case FOR affirmative action, johnny, giving examples of highly qualified people who might not have gotten into schools they were qualified for. And you still can't see it.
"It was wrong for the same reason all racism is wrong -- you can't look at a person's genetic accidents (gender, melanin) and ascertain their moral merit."-Dishonestjohn
Admission to colleges is not based on one's "moral merit," johnny. Where did you come up with that nonsense? If it were, half the Ivy League would be in Community Colleges. And legacy admissions also had nothing to do with "moral merit" or any other "merit." But you have never complained about the pro-white racism involved in those. They often took places that more qualified minorities could have filled.
"Based on the merit of your character and not the color of your skin."-brandon
You pulled the same bullshit that johnny just pulled. You don't get into college "Based on the merit of your character..." If it were that simple, many more minorities would have been admitted over the centuries, but white racism didn't allow it. And you have never had any problem with that. You never started a thread or even made a single comment critical of the damage done by traditional racist segregation and Jim Crow admissions policies.
You're both missing the point, both of college admission and what King told you. It isn't the "merit" of your character, but the "content" of your character. One's character is not defined by one's poverty or lack of educational opportunity growing up, just as it is not determined by one's wealth and opportunities growing up.
What you are cheering is a system where rich whites will perpetually be the beneficiaries of the best college educations because they can afford to raise their children to be supremely 'qualified' for them. Others who aren't rich and white can't possibly compete for those slots without some other criteria influencing the selections. Being smart isn't enough to succeed as children and gain entrance to elite institutions. And as guys like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg demonstrate, being rich and white and highly educated doesn't mean you will succeed in an elite college. They had endless choices in life but took slots that talented minorities could have had. The "merit of their characters" was not superior to many who didn't get in.
It's also pretty hilarious that you both detest Gates and Zuckerberg, but are here applauding the "merit of their characters."
You are both apparently so clueless that you think this is the end of racism in college admissions. What it is is the permanent entrenchment of racism and classism in college admissions. It's a throwback to the highly segregated and racist days when you and Trump think America was "great".
Wealth and the opportunities it affords is not "merit of character" or "moral merit." Mostly it too is just an unearned accident of birth, which you both claim is an invalid criterion for admission.
- By Clownkicker