Trump administration backs Asian-American students in Harvard admissions lawsuit

[Amarok]

Depends on what one means by "Affirmative action " and how it's begin used . 

I mean technically this is affirmative action

https://employabilities.ab.ca/tim-horton...abilities/

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Personally I think giving some points to certain groups makes sense.

However, I've never heard of taking points away  from certain high-achieving groups. That does indeed suck. I suppose in some circumstances it gets the same results, but it really rubs me the wrong way.

When you give points to some, taking points away from others inevitably needs to happen. Because they can only let a certain number of people in. If they're admitting people based on race, like if they have some kind of quota that says X% of people need to be a certain race, if that percentage is greater (like it would be for Asian kids), they end up getting rejected based on their race. To control it more efficiently, they take points away.

And if not the opposite occurs and the group losing out may have far less a chance of competing or even being considered because of an unfair stigma .