LogFAQs > #903993234

Yes, that's exactly right. The diversity mindset is one that suggests diversity is so overwhelmingly positive, it overrides all other terminal goals, such as merit-based admissions. The university therefore solves for what it sees as the desirable end-state, which is a very diverse class. It's not that they hate Asians with a passion and want a class with zero Asians, they just want more diversity than merit would provide them on its own. Particularly, merit-based admissions would see them with far too few blacks and hispanics to suit their diversity preferences.

Since we're dealing with a finite good and there are only so many spots, the only way they can increase black and hispanic students is by decreasing asian (and white) students. And they can't do that based on objective criteria such as test scores and GPA, so all that's left is for them to invent 100% subjective criteria whose sole purpose is to judge positively otherwise unqualified blacks/hispanics, and judge negatively otherwise qualified asians/whites. So what we're left with is a "personality assessment" that inevitably concludes that blacks have, on average, significantly "better personalities" than Asians. And now Harvard has to defend this - or admit that it's gaming the system for the sole purpose of admitting more blacks and fewer Asians.

There's another longer discussion regarding how the really extreme SJWs don't even believe in merit. They'd take this a step farther and suggest that the only reason the Asians and whites appear to be more deserving is because of systematic racism/sexism/oppression/whatever - but that's probably beyond the scope of this particular lawsuit and question.
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