Affirmative Action Reconsidered | OLD PARKLAND CONFERENCE

I agree with Ken's quoted statement: "Wokeness is a response to shield white people from being called racist. That's the prupose of Harvard's race preferences. It's not to help blacks. It's not. It doesn't. It's so that Harvard's administrators can tell the world how great and creative and diverse they are."

Thank you brother, thank you Kenny Xu.

Thomas Sowell had made every argument and presented every statistic mentioned 20 plus years ago. Thomas Sowell one of the best minds the US has ever seen.

Black Moderator: “Exposure to High Caliber Black Students”. I went to Cornell Engineering in the 1990’s. Let’s just say the well of black talent ran dry long before it got to a lower Ivy like Cornell, even if Cornell still claims on their website to have the best engineering in the Ivy League. The affirmative action students I met at Cornell were unimpressive to say the least (that’s why they are AA). Calling them under-prepared for zero grade inflation Cornell would be an understatement. Glad the Supreme Court put an end to this ridiculousness. Meritocracy all the way!!!!

That last guy talking about the emotional discussion 😅😅😅 Shoved right up the victim’s butt 😂🎉

Finally people speaking the truth in the face of entrenched corrupt power.

The argument against AA seems fairly common sense. Simply getting admitted into a school is not as valuable as the experience and learning recieved at that school. If AA is resulting in a worse experience and reduced participation in STEM for historically underprivileged groups, then it’s not working. Someone coming out of a high but not top ranked school with a 4.0 and an engineering degree is probably going to have a more fulfilling career than someone went to an elite school intending to be an engineer but getting destroyed by the curve against the best of the best of the best.

I hope more people see this. I really appreciate how everyone approached this rationally and kept emotions out as much as possible. Also appreciate the gentleman's apology at the end, and hope that everyone understands where he's coming from.

Very good moderator

I’m SO HAPPY that in the end of this conference, the Black American CALLED OUT the other Black Person for his TERRIBLE TAKE on Asians, and HELD HIM ACCOUNTABLE.

You cannot mandate the outcome. Some groups will be over represented when merit comes into play.

This was a fantastic discussion, and while I wish this video enjoyed more visibility, I am glad to have come across it thanks to Reddit and I am glad this channel exists.

Kenny Xu: develop your on-camera charisma and energy level; start running.

Meritocracy is the only option. Meritocracy is not perfect but is perfect enough for a successful society. Mediocrity leads to failure as we see in America today led by the mediocre political class.

I'm a black American and I score at the top of my classes. Going forward, I will identify as Asian.

As a black American woman, I am glad Affirmative Action is gone. Let's move forward, black people, and strive to be twice as good as everyone else! That has always been a fight!😎

Gosh this conversation has so many good comparisons to what companies are doing with their DEI initiatives in trying to raise their ESG scores. I wonder if the results of the Supreme Court rulings will trickle down to the capitalistic markets as well.

This discussion is so refreshing! Thank you all!

Great discussion on such an important issue! 👍👍👍Great job by the panelists and moderator👍👍👍! Our society should have more open discussions like this! Deep appreciation for our Constitution!❤❤❤

If 'affirmative action' truly was 'affirmative', more people would support it, but the reality is that 'affirmative action' only ever meant ONE THING: pro-black privilege.