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| Why The Media Will Never Tell You 85 Percent Of Americans Oppose Race-Based College Admissions |
| 2018-10-19 |
| [The Federalist] This week, Harvard University went to trial over the claim it discriminates against Asian-American applicants. Affirmative action moved back onto the main stage of American politics, particularly as this is an issue where replacing Justice Anthony Kennedy with Justice Brett Kavanaugh could make a difference at the Supreme Court. Yet the political discussion of this hot-button issue again proceeds with little recognition of a basic fact: racial preferences in college admissions are wildly unpopular. Eighty-five percent of Americans oppose considering race in the college admissions process, according to "Hidden Tribes," a recent report from the left-of-center group More in Common. Of the seven "tribes" identified in the report, racial preferences were supported only by progressive activists, the furthest-left 8 percent of Americans. Ironically, progressive activists are almost the least diverse of the tribes, except the furthest-right 6 percent. Only 40 percent of progressive activists oppose racial preferences in college admissions. But among traditional liberals (a group comprising 11 percent of Americans), 72 percent oppose racial preferences. Passive liberals (15 percent), who have more African-Americans, women, and younger people than average, are several points even less supportive. Nor is the "Hidden Tribes" polling an outlier. In September, public television’s WGBH published a poll finding 72 percent of adults disagreed with prior Supreme Court rulings allowing colleges to consider race in making admissions decisions. Indeed, racial preferences were disapproved by majorities of black, Hispanic, and Asian respondents in the survey. As the disapproval from minority groups suggests, the rejection of the policy does not appear to be solely the product of prejudice. In the WGBH poll, 86 percent of respondents opined that campus diversity is at least a somewhat important goal. Similarly, in the "Hidden Tribes" polling, 81 percent of Americans believe there are serious problems of racism in the country, with 75 percent agreeing that acts of racism are at least somewhat common. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Make it all color/gender blind. Age, GPA, and extracurriculars (which would be worded so as not to reveal the sport, which could give a clue to the gender). Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-10-19 14:09 |
| #3 I’d always thought the far left got in through networking/legacy’s and thus didn’t care if their virtue signaling hurt others. |
| Posted by: Rjschwarz 2018-10-19 07:15 |
| #2 ...but, but, but think of all the administrative positions that are threatened by any action to end race based admissions. Then think of the departments that generate those SJW degrees required of those administrators. "Gentlemen, We've Got to Protect Our Phony Baloney Jobs!" |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-10-19 06:01 |
| #1 Think bingo. When someone wins, someone else loses. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-10-19 02:20 |