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In response to "So you're it's OK if it's just "a" factor, but not "the" factor? That's nonsensical. -- nm" by Endor

What are you not getting. There is no "the" factor. That's not even what's at issue in the case. It is a factor among many that is considered in

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Dec 10 '15, 16:16

the admissions process. You're the one lining it up as "the" factor. Your convoluted effort to make it "the" factor is what is nonsensical and not based in reality.

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If the amount of melanin in a person's skin isn't putting them ahead of people with less melanin then why are we considering it at all? - Ender Dec 10, 16:26 7
- Not necessarily. And that's the point. How are you not getting this. Is your view that it should be just a formulaic determination based on grades - pmb Dec 10, 16:41
- One reason is that having a diverse student body is best for all of the students. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 16:34 4
  - Diverse how? Again we're back to "same life experience, different skin color". Nobody's saying different life experiences don't change qualifications. -- nm - Ender Dec 10, 16:35 3
    - Because it would better reflect the real world. -- nm - toblr.2 Dec 10, 16:38 2
      - ...in skin color only. -- nm - Ender Dec 10, 16:39 1
        
        So you're actually arguing that black experience and the white experience are exactly the same. That their cultural experience, their perspective, - pmb Dec 10, 16:45
- Because it's a state school and has some obligation to represent the population thereof. -- nm - toblr.2 Dec 10, 16:30

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