“NOW that the Supreme Court has upheld affirmative action in its second Fisher v. University of Texas decision, the debate over the “mismatch” theory — the idea that affirmative action harms minorities by admitting students to challenging schools where they cannot succeed — should also be put to rest.”(The Supreme Court Has Upheld Affirmative Action. So Let’s Dump Mismatch Theory) THIS IS SO WRONG!
Affirmative Action is doing the opposite of its purpose by Mismatch which means putting them in a harder school which is harmed for their education by putting them in a much harder school for them.
“We refer to this problem as "mismatch," a word that largely explains why, even though blacks are more likely to enter college than are whites with similar backgrounds, they will usually get much lower grades, rank toward the bottom of the class, and far more often drop out.”(The Painful Truth About Affirmative Action)
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This was not the case for a vast majority of whites. This might be because elite degrees help insulate minorities from racial discrimination in hiring, a problem whites don’t face, or because minorities lack the job-relevant connections that an elite education provides more than whites do”.(The Supreme Court Has Upheld Affirmative Action. So Let’s Dump Mismatch Theory). This is so wrong because it says that “Of course, being surrounded by very able peers can confer benefits, too -- the atmosphere may be more intellectually challenging, and one may learn a lot from observing others. We have no reason to think that small preferences are not, on net, beneficial. But contemporary racial preferences used by selective schools -- especially those extended to blacks and Native Americans -- tend to be extremely large, often amounting to the equivalent of hundreds of SAT points”.(The Painful Truth about Affirmative
Affirmative Action is doing the opposite of its purpose by Mismatch which means putting them in a harder school which is harmed for their education by putting them in a much harder school for them.
“We refer to this problem as "mismatch," a word that largely explains why, even though blacks are more likely to enter college than are whites with similar backgrounds, they will usually get much lower grades, rank toward the bottom of the class, and far more often drop out.”(The Painful Truth About Affirmative Action)
“The student who is underprepared …show more content…
This was not the case for a vast majority of whites. This might be because elite degrees help insulate minorities from racial discrimination in hiring, a problem whites don’t face, or because minorities lack the job-relevant connections that an elite education provides more than whites do”.(The Supreme Court Has Upheld Affirmative Action. So Let’s Dump Mismatch Theory). This is so wrong because it says that “Of course, being surrounded by very able peers can confer benefits, too -- the atmosphere may be more intellectually challenging, and one may learn a lot from observing others. We have no reason to think that small preferences are not, on net, beneficial. But contemporary racial preferences used by selective schools -- especially those extended to blacks and Native Americans -- tend to be extremely large, often amounting to the equivalent of hundreds of SAT points”.(The Painful Truth about Affirmative