re: #3 Juice

I’m pretty sure Asians should be paying more than white people.

Absolutely. If you net it out, whites benefit [on the face of things—-the long term consequences can be very different] from the not so subtle discriminatory steps taken by CA colleges to keep out Asians. Emphasizing extracurricular activities and sports, for instance, in admissions decisions, even though there is no real reason to think that these factors are more predictive of swift academic progress and graduation than, oh, say, grades and test scores.

Whites in CA face stiff competition from Asians for admissions to the more selective schools. In the long view, that competition is healthy and having to face up to it squarely, rather than get around it courtesy of various tricks designed to keep the Asians within their quota, would be best for whites. As well as for everyone else.

It’s a puzzle how people can decry favoritism, and be blind to it, all in one bake sale, just depending on which shoe is on which foot.