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    1. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot 23 Nov 2021

      rt 🔒, speculation. evidence entered in the second two screencaps i think. im not sure it would matter as schools are entirely capable of pivoting to alternative entry requirements that produce the "desired" outcome without affirmative action anywaypic.twitter.com/vMAmUlrZhs

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    2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot 23 Nov 2021

      in some ways this would be worse than status quo, to the extent that these alternative measures would be even more game-able by affluent candidates

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    3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot 24 Nov 2021

      read a bit more last night. this piece was interesting as a history of jurisprudence and ideas. it got me thinking specifically . . .https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/02/can-affirmative-action-survive …

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    4. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot 24 Nov 2021

      . . . about the possibility that our current notion of "diversity" as "good" might be directly and substantially downstream of the justification of affirmative action in Bakke ie, "diversity as strength" is advanced especially because its what is legally defensible

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    5. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot 24 Nov 2021

      the notion that discourse is shaped by the particular rationales and practical effects of compliance with supreme court rulings rather than because an argument is the "best" hadnt occurred to me so directly before but it feels likely, and underexamined

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    6. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot 24 Nov 2021

      one other thought is that if the SFFA cases go through and schools ultimately dont manage substantial workarounds, the effect on ADOS enrollment is going to be absolutely brutal and im not sure people are thinking through the implications of not the practicalities but the optics

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    7. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot 24 Nov 2021

      like if black enrollment at Harvard drops from ~12% to ~4%, and of that three quarters are second gen Nigerians. people are gonna have a hard look at things hard to say what this looks like but it feels under-considered

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    8. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot 24 Nov 2021

      im not sure its long term bad for black americans either. in a way and this feels like a glenn loury-esque point affirmative action might be campbells law-ing black achievement in the us

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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Nov 2021
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      > campbells law-ing black achievement in the us wat? plz 'splain

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    10. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot 24 Nov 2021
      Replying to @MorlockP

      to the extent that people evaluate educational achievement by college admission success, that lots of black kids are making it into college on reduced standards probably obscures genuine educational achievement gaps or makes them easier to gloss over

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Nov 2021
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      oh, yes, obviously so cool, ty

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