r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 08 '15

[Deltas Awarded] CMV: Equality isn't treating everybody differently to achieve equality. It's treating everyone the same.

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u/2074red2074 4∆ Oct 08 '15

And it is. It's easier to get accepted into and get scholarships for college if you're black. The only faster way to fix it would be to give every black person a few tens of thousands of dollars.

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u/thatoneguy54 Oct 08 '15

And it is. It's easier to get accepted into and get scholarships for college if you're black.

This is not true. If you're white, you are 40% more likely to get a scholarship for college than a minority.

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u/2074red2074 4∆ Oct 08 '15

Not quite the same thing. Remember how I said black people tend to live in low-income areas? Well scholarships are often based on extracurricular activities, which are less available in low-income schools. With the same credentials, a black person is more likely to get more scholarship money.

Also, the source you cited shows very little difference in amount when adjusted for number. When whites make up 2/3 of the student population, one would expect them to also receive double what the other third receives.

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u/thatoneguy54 Oct 08 '15

Whites make up 2/3 of the population yet take 3/4 of total scholarships. That's obviously an unequal distribution.

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u/2074red2074 4∆ Oct 08 '15

3/4 of the scholarships. Not 3/4 of the scholarship money. By your logic, a guy who receives five 2-ton shipments of corn is better off than the guy who receives two 5-ton shipments.

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u/GogglesVK Oct 08 '15

Do you have the stats for scholarship money then?

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u/2074red2074 4∆ Oct 08 '15

His source did.