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The Diversity Bargain - And Other Dilemmas of Race, Admissions, and Meritocracy at Elite Universities (Paperback)
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The Diversity Bargain - And Other Dilemmas of Race, Admissions, and Meritocracy at Elite Universities (Paperback)
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We've heard plenty from politicians and experts on affirmative
action and higher education, about how universities should
intervene--if at all--to ensure a diverse but deserving student
population. But what about those for whom these issues matter the
most? In this book, Natasha K. Warikoo deeply explores how students
themselves think about merit and race at a uniquely pivotal moment:
after they have just won the most competitive game of their lives
and gained admittance to one of the world's top universities. What
Warikoo uncovers--talking with both white students and students of
color at Harvard, Brown, and Oxford--is absolutely illuminating;
and some of it is positively shocking. As she shows, many elite
white students understand the value of diversity abstractly, but
they ignore the real problems that racial inequality causes and
that diversity programs are meant to solve. They stand in fear of
being labeled a racist, but they are quick to call foul should a
diversity program appear at all to hamper their own chances for
advancement. The most troubling result of this ambivalence is what
she calls the "diversity bargain," in which white students
reluctantly agree with affirmative action as long as it benefits
them by providing a diverse learning environment--racial diversity,
in this way, is a commodity, a selling point on a brochure. And as
Warikoo shows, universities play a big part in creating these
situations. The way they talk about race on campus and the kinds of
diversity programs they offer have a huge impact on student
attitudes, shaping them either toward ambivalence or, in better
cases, toward more productive and considerate understandings of
racial difference. Ultimately, this book demonstrates just how
slippery the notions of race, merit, and privilege can be. In doing
so, it asks important questions not just about college admissions
but what the elite students who have succeeded at it--who will be
the world's future leaders--will do with the social inequalities of
the wider world.
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