I stopped thinking about the subject years ago. A mostly self congralutoy academic circle jerk hovers around it. It seems like too much energy spent on a matter that impacts such a small group of people while matters of more pressing need are given short shrift or ignored. It feels like ivory tower living, a bit out of touch of how most people live and what is more impactful in their lives.

In the scheme of things the legality/morality of elective wars is a much more important matter, for example, but I don’t see that tackled or given the same attention as AA. Why not?

I don’t see a problem with defining AA or even the possibility of doing without it altogether. But when the topic is discussed I don’t really see the effort of seeing ideas to their end conclusion (e.g. Get rid of AA. Fine. Is on the basis that we’re a merit based society? Have we always been a merit based society? Do we really live in one? Does not racism exist? What of socioeconomic discrimation? Etc., etc.)

It’s an important subject but not on the level of topics such as the Patriot Act, FISA, the war on drugs, the war on porn, etc. It’s not really high on my list, and I doubt it’s high on 99% of Americans list’s either.

Why this obsession with AA and ‘elite’ universities?