Monday, October 31, 2022

Affirmative Action--Three Posts

SCOTUS considers affirmative action today, the occasion for lots of comments; Three blog posts of note: 

  • Kevin Drum argues from the experience of California in prohibiting AA that it doesn't make that much difference.  Kevin would prefer class-based action.
  • David Bernstein refers to his book on racial/ethnic classification in today's context. He argues that the groupings the Federal government uses are illogical and never designed for the purposes for which they are used.  
  • Steven Hayward publishes a chart showing the distribution of SAT scores by group. I found two things surprising: the degree of Asian-American dominance (25 percent in in the top category) and the fact that the group which was next highest in the top category was--wait for it--mixed race. 


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