Defeat of Affirmative action means less minorities in ivy league schools which also means less presence in American corporate world.

[primus]

The Supreme Court Just Disrupted Elite Firm Hiring, Too

If top investment banks, consulting and law firms care about a diverse entry-level recruiting pool, they’re going to have to develop a wider pipeline.

www.forbes.com

 

[coachmalog]

This seems like more of an education problem. Unless you think minorities are unable to compete intellectually with whites and Asians, then this needs to be handled at the elementary and secondary school levels.
Example - When the NCAA implemented prop 48 it helped create the prep school movement. Parents and coaches realized that inner city public schools were not preparing the players to pass entrance tests and essays. The prep school has now become standard for inner city kids that are serious about playing in college. I predict an explosion of charter schools if this ruling sticks. School choice is a real thing whether we want to admit it or not.

 

[chrisnurse]

This seems like more of an education problem. Unless you think minorities are unable to compete intellectually with whites and Asians, then this needs to be handled at the elementary and secondary school levels.
Example - When the NCAA implemented prop 48 it helped create the prep school movement. Parents and coaches realized that inner city public schools were not preparing the players to pass entrance tests and essays. The prep school has now become standard for inner city kids that are serious about playing in college. I predict an explosion of charter schools if this ruling sticks. School choice is a real thing whether we want to admit it or not.

You are assuming that ivy league schools want to admit minorities at the same rate as white kids. Unfortunately, there is A LOT of nepotism and racism at these schools which is why the legislation was passed in the first place.

 

[primus]

This seems like more of an education problem. Unless you think minorities are unable to compete intellectually with whites and Asians, then this needs to be handled at the elementary and secondary school levels.
Example - When the NCAA implemented prop 48 it helped create the prep school movement. Parents and coaches realized that inner city public schools were not preparing the players to pass entrance tests and essays. The prep school has now become standard for inner city kids that are serious about playing in college. I predict an explosion of charter schools if this ruling sticks. School choice is a real thing whether we want to admit it or not.

Exposure to opportunities to well funded education at infancy is the foundation of academic success and excellence. For those people, black, brown and white who do not have that opportunity due to financially poor school districts, they deserve to be helped at college level. If the playing field is even, why do colleges practice legacy admission? Why were whites given preferential treatment in college admissions before the advent of affirmative action? You didn't complain then and now you're complaining.

 

[davet61091]

Seriously? pretty racist of you to imply that minorities won't get into Ivy League and or future Management at Corporations because all are judged on Merit

 

[DJ_Sooner]

Seriously? pretty racist of you to imply that minorities won't get into Ivy League and or future Management at Corporations because all are judged on Merit

Yeah, aren't people admitted to a school or hired for a job on merit? Why should race even play a role?

 

[chrisnurse]

Yeah, aren't people admitted to a school or hired for a job on merit? Why should race even play a role?

Race shouldn't play a role, and neither should socio-economic status, but....

Children from ultra-wealthy families are more than twice as likely to gain admission to Ivy League schools compared to others with comparable test scores, finds a widely shared new working paper from a group of Harvard economists who study inequality.

Why it matters: Even as the U.S. Supreme Court just eliminated racial preference in college admissions, the data show another kind of bias — that is, toward the very wealthiest applicants (who are disproportionately white).

• "In effect, the study shows, these policies amounted to affirmative action for the children of the 1 percent, whose parents earn more than $611,000 a year," per the New York Times report on the paper.

Between the lines: The schools examined — the eight Ivies plus Stanford, Duke, M.I.T. and the University of Chicago — graduate a disproportionate share of the country's business and political leaders.

• 12% of Fortune 500 CEOs went to an Ivy, as did a quarter of U.S. senators and 13% of the top 0.1% of earners, notes the NYT.

 

[The Midnight Toker]

Sounds like good news to me. Make merit great again

 

[The Midnight Toker]

Race shouldn't play a role, and neither should socio-economic status, but....

Children from ultra-wealthy families are more than twice as likely to gain admission to Ivy League schools compared to others with comparable test scores, finds a widely shared new working paper from a group of Harvard economists who study inequality.

Why it matters: Even as the U.S. Supreme Court just eliminated racial preference in college admissions, the data show another kind of bias — that is, toward the very wealthiest applicants (who are disproportionately white).

• "In effect, the study shows, these policies amounted to affirmative action for the children of the 1 percent, whose parents earn more than $611,000 a year," per the New York Times report on the paper.

Between the lines: The schools examined — the eight Ivies plus Stanford, Duke, M.I.T. and the University of Chicago — graduate a disproportionate share of the country's business and political leaders.

• 12% of Fortune 500 CEOs went to an Ivy, as did a quarter of U.S. senators and 13% of the top 0.1% of earners, notes the NYT.

Rich people are more likely to do a lot of things. More likely to be prepared, to have access to more/better things that offer them inherent advantages in life. Affirmative action should have been more about socioeconomic status as opposed to race.

 

[LAY THE WOODY]

Rich people are more likely to do a lot of things. More likely to be prepared, to have access to more/better things that offer them inherent advantages in life. Affirmative action should have been more about socioeconomic status as opposed to race.

You need to dig much deeper son. Good luck. Don't be a clown . 👍