tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post1818410496632989461..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Big Boxing Weekend RoundupDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-20939824503773439072012-06-03T19:01:27.944-07:002012-06-03T19:01:27.944-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.UFC streaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14009428495806848123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1079766977365886472012-06-01T16:32:39.191-07:002012-06-01T16:32:39.191-07:00While I think Leong is right to see some commodifi...While I think Leong is right to see some commodification of non-white identity, at least in the blog post she sort of glosses over the obvious reason UMich cited benefits to white students: the plaintiff was a white girl, representing all white applicants who had not been admitted despite having better grades/scores than non-white admitted applicants.<br /><br />What I'd be really curious to see is how a case with an <i>Asian</i> plaintiff would be defended by the universities. (If one goes to a pure grades/scores regime, white people end up needing affirmative action to retain their prior levels of admission.) Do people even bother to research the positive/negative effects of diversity on Asian students, or is it assumed that math/science robots are unaffected? I skimmed Leong's paper, but there aren't very many mentions of Asians and the few there are tend to categorize them alongside African Americans, not whites.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.com