The flip side
John Leo has a column in Townhall today about the flip side of Michigan's anti-Jewish (by way of being pro-minority) affirmative action - Vanderbilt is aggressively recruiting Jewish students, ostensibly for their higher SAT scores and rigorous study habits. Are "positive" stereotypes as dangerous to justice as negative ones? John thinks so. The part of the story that startled me was this comment: "The College Board has fueled the new market in religious identity groups by asking college-bound test-takers to list their faith." I can only hope that such a question is optional on the SAT. Even if the question was included solely for demographic research on the part of the College Board, it's inevitable that the inclusion of such information can be used to affect admissions.