Is tolerance intolerant?

[GrandizerII]

I found it strange because it was published by ETS, which is strange because they are the makers / administrators of the TOEFL test of English.  They make HUGE money in Asia, as their test is used to establish English proficiency scores for universities, English-speaking elite private high-schools, and so on.  Behind every international student at MIT filling a spot at MIT or in Harvard, there are probably a half-dozen ETS-administered tests.  Ironic!

Not really relevant to the content and findings of the study itself.

Also ironic are the following lines from that paper:

These dimensions may include not only race or SES, but also academic interests, extracurricular talents, geography, and other
factors. For example, colleges may want to boost enrollment in an undersubscribed major or program or find talented players for their sports teams.

I sniff some serious implications  here-- because it's possible that it won't even be the best-achieving black students who are accepted, but the best running-backs for a sports team.  What a win for the institution-- you get to fill your quota, and justify the presence of an academically weak athlete on the basis of "urban difficulties" or whatever.  More power to the kids who get accepted on that basis, but it's unlikely to do much to change the position of black Americans overall.

Out of context. Read the first sentence of the paragraph from which you got that quote:

Selective colleges generally try to admit classes of students that are both academically qualified and also diverse along numerous dimensions.

For anyone who'd like a link to the study:
https://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/r..._paper.pdf

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Regarding the Harvard incident, that was exactly due to racism (against Asian students) and not a fault per se with affirmative action. White people, not black people, were the ones who benefited (as expected!) from this discrimination against Asians. White privilege in action.

Read this:
Anti-Asian Bias, Not Affirmative Action, Is on Trial in the Harvard Case