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breakyerselflast Tuesday at 2:38 AM1 replyview on HN

That isn't the premise. The premise is that discriminating is morally wrong.

Also when did we change the subject to college admissions?


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rayinerlast Tuesday at 3:09 AM

> The premise is that discriminating is morally wrong

Yes. And the clearest evidence we have of anyone doing that at scale in modern times is DEI programs in college and medical school admissions.

So why is it unreasonable for the people you call “mediocre white men” to conclude they’re being discriminated against? If Harvard and other elite universities are willing to go to the Supreme Court to defend such discrimination, doesn’t it stand to reason—absent data to the contrary—that the myriad companies and institutions run by graduates of those universities are doing the same thing?

[1] Those numbers are medical school admissions, but the numbers for college admissions is similar: https://nypost.com/2023/06/29/supreme-court-affirmative-acti...

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