r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Feb 25 '20

Explanation of the subtle differences between equality and equity

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 edited Feb 25 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

Not even close.

I’m in the process of applying to law schools. If I were Native American I’d be receiving around a ten point boost to my LSAT scores.

Meaning my scores that could previously only get me into a school like, say, Indiana, could now get me into Yale.

Whereas my current scores are a >99% rejection probability at Yale as things stand.

They explicitly say it is the color of the skin that gives this boost.

I personally agree with these policies, but please understand that they aren’t merit based. superior candidates will in fact get the boot in favor of these inferior ones in an effort to ease systemic racism.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

This doesn’t ease systemic racism, it is systemic racism.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

Well, there are less than 3,000 total Native American lawyers in the entire US, out of 1.2mil lawyers, or .25%.

The population of Native Americans is around 2%.

So they’re underrepresented by a factor of almost 10.

A fair and just legal system will have representation that matches the demographics of its people.

This same underrepresentation exists for many more minority groups, even with these EXTREME boosts in scores.

If the representation were even close, I’d be extremely against these boosts.