Wow. Tool or not you guys should probably know that over the last few pages theflyingmachine
has kept his cool and continued making arguments while a lot of other people have just resorted to name calling and sarcasm. If you are against him and/or what he is saying either respond to his argument or ignore him, the name calling actually makes it look like he is in the right. (not saying that he is, just saying thats what it looks like)
I'll shoot, though I haven't read the entire thread.
I think where people like theflying go wrong is by viewing admission to law school as something the applicant "earns" or "deserves". Adcoms don't (or, at least, shouldn't imv) look at the applicant pool saying "Okay. Who deserves this?" or "Who has earned this?" They ask "Who will add value to our student body?" and they consider racial diversity and diversity in backgrounds in general highly valuable.
Now, they also consider high LSATs and high GPAs valuable of course, so it seems like they are accepting people on the merit of their past accomplishments. This is an illusion, I think. When it comes to the numbers, they are really accepting applicants based on the potential they show for adding value to the student body, law school community, and the legal professions in the world beyond law school, carrying that school's name with them. It is not about past accomplishments. It is about the promise of future accomplishments... (and a boost in the rankings too, for sure). It is not merit for merit's sake. It is merit as a demonstration of ability and potential.
Someone can reasonably disagree with the high value placed on racial diversity in relation to demonstrated potential in cases when the two would appear to be at odds. All I would tell such a person, though, would be "Take it up with the schools. If you don't think racial diversity is
that important, oller at the law school administrators and make your case."
Picking fights with people who top law schools have decided would add value to their communities is pointless, douch-ious, and rather tool-ient.