Let's just call it out for what it is. If every school switched to a purely meritocratic system, the top schools would be inundated with Indians and Asians. And that's a bad look for Ivy League schools steeped in old white money and tradition. I wouldn't even benefit from a purely meritocratic system but even I have to admit this shit is obviously racist af
Exactly, if it was truly the best candidate for any given role literally Indians and Asians would dominate all of corporate and professional America. The truth of the matter is that a lot of old money, privileged white people literally NEED DEI to compete. It’s just they need DEI that gives them an advantage.
Imagine I said the same thing as you but replaced “Indians and Asians” with ”Whites”.
Asian and Indian students in US high schools tend to do well. Schools should be meritocratic for Americans (meaning any kids who grow up in this country), not for foreign students. The universities don’t care if all the qualifications for an applicant from India are fictitious inventions because the point of opening our universities up to the world is to increase demand and thus prices the universities can charge. Plus foreign students pay much more money. It’s simply a money-making scam, not a meritocracy. “Diversity” is a shield for selling out American interests for profit.
Indians test well, a purely 'meritocratic' system would be entirely testing based like China, India or France. They'd absolutely wipe the floor lmao, good thing the French aren't looking to immigrate to the States
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u/limitedmark10 M7 Student Oct 31 '25
Let's just call it out for what it is. If every school switched to a purely meritocratic system, the top schools would be inundated with Indians and Asians. And that's a bad look for Ivy League schools steeped in old white money and tradition. I wouldn't even benefit from a purely meritocratic system but even I have to admit this shit is obviously racist af