#5 The Abuse of Language and New Meanings of Words - ‘Equity’ and ‘Fairness’

2:32 John Rawls, American philosopher (1921-2002). Overview of his work here:
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4:21 Example, the case brought against Yale regarding discrimination against Asian applicants. US Department of Justice found that:
“The Department of Justice found Yale discriminates based on race and national origin in its undergraduate admissions process, and that race is the determinative factor in hundreds of admissions decisions each year. For the great majority of applicants, Asian Americans and whites have only one-tenth to one-fourth of the likelihood of admission as African American applicants with comparable academic credentials. Yale rejects scores of Asian American and white applicants each year based on their race, whom it otherwise would admit.”
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