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In response to "That's a fantasy you're creating. There are no 2 identical students. As I said, even among white students. But I'll play your silly straw man game " by pmb

Diversity in skin color only. -- nm

Posted by Ender Dec 10 '15, 15:47

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Skin color impacts a lot in this world. Experiences, culture, points of view. Yours is showing right now. - pmb Dec 10, 16:26 2
- In fairness, it is VERY hard to see past one's own privilege. - TWuGbacca Dec 10, 16:30 1
  - I agree. But it's important to try to be cognizant of it. -- nm - pmb Dec 10, 16:43
*ding* -- nm - Strongbad Dec 10, 16:23
Ethnicity and skin color are two different things. Story of my life -- nm - Yoda Dec 10, 16:07
No matter how identical you want to make them, skin color changes the experience of that person. As I said, you want to live the fantasy. But answer - pmb Dec 10, 15:49 8
- You seem to be placing a higher value on the life experiences of a minority over a white person, all other data points being equal. - The Death Sceire Dec 10, 16:43 1
  - On a campus where there are many more white people than black people, the addition of one more white person doesn't add as much to broaden the - pmb Dec 10, 16:52
- Easy. Kid who's daddy gave a mill shouldn't get in over another with the same qualifications. - Endor Dec 10, 16:03 5
  - I missed your SAT score portion of your game. My answer in that scenario then is it depends. Is it higher by one point or 100? Degree would - pmb Dec 10, 16:08 4
    - TBF, looking back, my phone mangled the SAT difference part pretty badly. -- nm - Ender Dec 10, 16:36 1
      - Well in your 10 point difference scenario that just isn't a statistically relevant difference. That's maybe one or 2 questions difference at most. - pmb Dec 10, 16:55
    - Then feel free to sue on donations being a factor. You're the one who brought it into the discussion. -- nm* - Endor Dec 10, 16:14 1
      - You're the one pretending it doesn't exist. You want to create the fantasy that everyone is on a completely level playing field and every decision is - pmb Dec 10, 16:21
Apparently, that is all that matters. -- nm - Spawndroid Dec 10, 15:49 1
- Only in the example Ender built. In the actual case, many many things count, with race being one of them. -- nm - TWuGbacca Dec 10, 16:15

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