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<blockquote data-quote="ahill1" data-source="post: 4128" data-attributes="member: 246"><p>True, but can't it be argued that without this leg up this unfavored people wouldn't make it otherwise? This people may be not as skilled as others who don't receive quotas but not because of individual skill, but due to inequality of income, background, access to information. I don't think we should expect a kid that was raised in a poor neighborhood, without a solid paternal figure and having to work his way out to compensate for a low income to compete on even grounds with a kid who hasn't to worry with working, and has access to the most diversified material to hone his knowledge, like theaters, incentive from his teachers and overall better structure. In this case I can see a quota serving its purpose, as we aren't quite comparing apples to oranges here, and without this advantage, those of lower income and lesser access to information may never do it.</p><p></p><p>And you make a good point about the ones who had a quota favoring themselves not doing so well in schools and universities which require a high level of competency in what they are there to, but do we have a study proving that these favored by quotas students usually drop out more in comparison to those that aren't? And even if it's true, there's only so much a government can do imo. While it's a good initiative to battle for a more diversified campus, the government has no way of assuring that those students will do well with the grades... but I still don't know if that alone is enough to completely disregard the foundation of the AA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ahill1, post: 4128, member: 246"] True, but can't it be argued that without this leg up this unfavored people wouldn't make it otherwise? This people may be not as skilled as others who don't receive quotas but not because of individual skill, but due to inequality of income, background, access to information. I don't think we should expect a kid that was raised in a poor neighborhood, without a solid paternal figure and having to work his way out to compensate for a low income to compete on even grounds with a kid who hasn't to worry with working, and has access to the most diversified material to hone his knowledge, like theaters, incentive from his teachers and overall better structure. In this case I can see a quota serving its purpose, as we aren't quite comparing apples to oranges here, and without this advantage, those of lower income and lesser access to information may never do it. And you make a good point about the ones who had a quota favoring themselves not doing so well in schools and universities which require a high level of competency in what they are there to, but do we have a study proving that these favored by quotas students usually drop out more in comparison to those that aren't? And even if it's true, there's only so much a government can do imo. While it's a good initiative to battle for a more diversified campus, the government has no way of assuring that those students will do well with the grades... but I still don't know if that alone is enough to completely disregard the foundation of the AA. [/QUOTE]
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