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January 14, 2019 1997-12-13T20:37:06-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/46a/19971213203737001_hd.jpgDinesh D'Souza explains that, in US higher education, the Jewish and Asian-American populations are very over-representative of the actual US population. And to enact affirmative action policy and favor one minority population, you would have to reduce the number of some other population. For instance, admitting more lower-performing African-American students based solely on race would require admitting fewer higher-performing Jewish students.
January 14, 2019 1997-12-13T20:37:06-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/46a/19971213203737001_hd.jpgDinesh D'Souza explains that, in US higher education, the Jewish and Asian-American populations are very over-representative of the actual US population. And to enact affirmative action policy and favor one minority population, you would have to reduce the number of some other population. For instance, admitting more lower-performing African-American students based solely on race would require admitting fewer higher-performing Jewish students.
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Dinesh D'Souza explains that, in US higher education, the Jewish and Asian-American populations are very over-representative of the actual US population. And to enact affirmative action policy and favor one minority population, you would have to reduce the number of some other population. For instance, admitting more lower-performing African-American students based solely on race would require admitting fewer higher-performing Jewish students. close
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