RE: Is tolerance intolerant?
December 28, 2018 at 12:29 pm
(This post was last modified: December 28, 2018 at 12:34 pm by GrandizerII.)
Asian-Americans are culturally conditioned to do well in these tests compared to other racial groups, and yet it's white students that get admitted in their stead.
Think of it this way. White students do better than black students at SAT/ACT because these tests are tailored to the norm that happens to be white male students, but despite this, Asian students do better than white students because Asian students are very well-prepared from kindergarten years to do well on these tests in spite of a lack of racial privilege. Putting aside systemic discrimination and white privilege, there is no solid basis to suggest that white students should do better at these tests (on average) than black students. Asian students doing so well on these tests should be seen as some sort of anomaly, and not as a disproof of white privilege or systemic discrimination when it comes to college admission tests. Hispanic students, Native American students, and students from other minority racial groups don't score as well as white students after all.
See this:
http://theconversation.com/test-prep-is-...ans-107244
Think of it this way. White students do better than black students at SAT/ACT because these tests are tailored to the norm that happens to be white male students, but despite this, Asian students do better than white students because Asian students are very well-prepared from kindergarten years to do well on these tests in spite of a lack of racial privilege. Putting aside systemic discrimination and white privilege, there is no solid basis to suggest that white students should do better at these tests (on average) than black students. Asian students doing so well on these tests should be seen as some sort of anomaly, and not as a disproof of white privilege or systemic discrimination when it comes to college admission tests. Hispanic students, Native American students, and students from other minority racial groups don't score as well as white students after all.
See this:
http://theconversation.com/test-prep-is-...ans-107244