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In this admissions cycle,
Georgetown should evaluate applicants on their merit alone
by ceasing the practice of race-based affirmative action in its admissions process.
This practice not only discriminates against particular demographics of students, specifically against fully qualified Asian students, but also perpetuates racist attitudes toward Asians.
This editorial board believes that all students deserve a fair chance to be admitted to competitive universities based only on their merit as applicants.
..... lifting up some minority groups by disadvantaging others does not achieve the idea of racial justice that this policy set out to accomplish. ....
But empirical data demonstrates this discrimination against Asian-American students. .....
However, the blanket discrimination against Asian-American students in the admissions process ignores the enormous diversity within this label.
... serves to perpetuate the racist myth of the "model minority," which uniformly depicts all Asian-American students as academically achieving individuals who are stunted in other areas.
Those who champion affirmative action in the name of racial justice fail to recognize that discrimination against one minority group to elevate other groups is not an acceptable means to an end; as such,
race-based affirmative action must end."
(All emphasis added.)
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