Affirmative action could help poor white kids in the rural Midwest

[Rigby5]

Rural Midwest? What;s so special about the midwest that doesn't apply to the rural south or the northwest or inner city white kids. It's time we treated all Americans the same based on their abilities rather than their skin.

But how are you going to determine their abilities fairly?
Standardized testing does not work well at all.

 

[Kondor3]

Affirmative action could help poor white kids in the rural Midwest, Affirmative action is to bring under represented demographics into the college admissions process. Poor white kids from the Midwest are an under represented group.

Without affirmative action the demographic that will benefit the most is Asian students, not whites. When relying only on grades and test scores Asians always find admission to universities at a substantially higher % than represented in the population.

Doesn't matter.

Time to end Affirmative Action.

A half-century is more than enough.

 

[hadit]

Conservatives fear diversity and inclusion.

That's a steaming load.

 

[justoffal]

Affirmative action could help poor white kids in the rural Midwest, Affirmative action is to bring under represented demographics into the college admissions process. Poor white kids from the Midwest are an under represented group.

Without affirmative action the demographic that will benefit the most is Asian students, not whites. When relying only on grades and test scores Asians always find admission to universities at a substantially higher % than represented in the population.

I think they're starting from the wrong end. It should start with oversight in the home when the kids are young. Apparently Asian parents are much better parenting than other groups.

Jo