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...differences in the American life experienced between races are not simply the derivatives of wealth inequality. In fact, this wealth inequality is derivative to complex historical and social influences that cannot be corrected for simply with an evaluation of one’s social and economic status that devalues race. Socioeconomic affirmative action considers metrics that encapsulate only part of the experience of being a minority in America...
This fact is served by asking whether a minority and a white person of nearly identical social status and wealth are treated the same way by society. The answer to this question is seen all around us in very tangible forms, from reports of spikes in racial animus toward the president, as documented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, to reports of continued racial discrimination in the workplace...
Certainly, racial equality has taken huge steps forward since half a century ago, when civil rights were not even constitutionally guaranteed for people of all ethnicities. But America is still not a post-racial society; the social networks of the majority are easily distinguishable from the networks that minorities have access to. Even everyday associations among individuals—or whom we associate with and why—are affected by a racial dynamic that cannot be ignored...
These racial and social forces influence the experience of minorities in an academic setting, and these different experiences have translated into academic achievement gaps that cannot be explained simply by applying a socioeconomic lens. Even the evaluative standards that we use for comparing different individuals, such as the SAT, offer insufficient metrics that may inherently discriminate against people of different races as well as socioeconomic backgrounds...
Derrick Asiedu ’12, a Crimson editorial writer, is a social studies concentrator in Leverett House...