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...about that guilt? VTV detractors like to invoke the Christians and the lions, but there's an important element missing in that argument: volition. As in so many matters sexual--and there's almost always a sex element in VTV, right down to the syndicated candid-camera dating show Blind Date--there is a divide between those who will accept any act between consenting adults and those who will not. The criticism that VTV "reality" isn't "real"--it is edited, subjects adopt false faces--is absolutely valid. It is also, by now, a truism, widely acknowledged by viewers...
...Fitzsimmons says the adoption of a race-blind admissions procedure is unlikely...
...However, if Harvard ever does decide to change how it admits its classes, it faces a problem. Where merit can be measured relatively objectively--such as by the quality of a musical performance--race-blind admissions can be a useful tool to remedy implicit prejudice. But where overall merit depends on a confluence of individual factors, deleting the consideration of race may detract from the big picture...
...Orchestral ensembles that were once predominantly male, for example, have achieved a more equal gender balance in recent years, but without affirmative action. Instead, they've used blind auditions since at least the 1970s, during which judges literally cannot see the person who is performing blind auditions...
...Blind auditions] are designed to try to wipe out all other factors than just sound," she says...