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Thomas Sowell: affirmative action creates academic failure & resentment

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What it is

An excerpt of a C-SPAN interview in which Thomas Sowell argues that preferential admission policies produce mismatch, dropouts and resentment.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it in threads on college admissions and affirmative action as Sowell's argument about unintended consequences.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “here's a great interview from Sowell about the unintended consequences”

    Sowell on unintended consequences of affirmative action

    ericdykstra, 2018-07 · Recommendation · in “Why Asian-Americans feel powerless in New York’s elite high schools”

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Topics: thomas sowell, college admissions, mismatch, preferential policies, public policy

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