California lawmakers are set to consider a bill that would require the state’s public universities to give admission priority to the descendants of slaves.
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This is discrimination and should not be tolerated.
Don’t give scholarships based on hardship of people long dead. Give scholarships to those who work hard.
It’s not a scholarship, it’s admission priority.
Says so right in the title. Further, merely having access to a mediocre college doesn’t mean they won’t have to work for their degree. The students who are ready will succeed, those who aren’t won’t.
That said, it is self defeating by its nature. If you view it as a reparations issue mere access is not enough, you need financial support. If you don’t need financial support, what are the reparations for?