The same thing has been going on in medical schools for DECADES, you still have to pass NMBE's - but I wouldn't be surprised if standard are lowered there as well.. I've never mentioned this before...I went to medical school in the late 1980s. There were 4 dark skinned individuals in my class @ state school. One Indian was treated as though he was white. One Iranian (I will never forget his sparkling blue eyes contrasting almost black hair) got recalled back to their army second year. The remaining two black students got full ride scholarship, despite one being from a very successful professional family that went to a private boarding school, an expensive liberal arts college, and the only student who wore "real" designer clothes; the other being upper middle class - somewhat above my background. Both of the latter failed miserably over and over, requiring private tutoring and hand-holding in every single subject. I was informed by a classmate with "an in" to the dean that they were actually getting exam questions in advance and were allowed to retake exams they still failed. I received ZERO financial support from my parents. Yet, despite being in the top three of my class each year of medical school, I only received financial merit scholarship of $500/yr and had to bankroll the rest of my 250K total bill with 13% HEAL loan, in contrast to the affirmative action students ("skin color scholarships) got FULL ride room, board, books, tuition purely on skin color. This is still how it goes in state schools, and probably even worse in private schools. The rich designer kid became a psychiatrist to the the LGBTQ community and the other, also at the very bottom of the class, provided family practice care in relatively underserved area and did quite well because of her skin color.
So does lowering standards and "affirmative action" really help darker skinned individuals and their communities? Highly doubt it. I would much, much rather see school choice for all youth as early as possible so that at least one variable of the equation could be removed (I do understand social issues at home persist). I was a short-bus kid starting in the fourth grade. All kids with promise should likewise have the right to be nurtured early regardless of skin color. Controlling the family situation and social issues at some point needs to be up to the family. But certain political factions, if they can't commit genocide via abortion clinics, want to keep that group oppressed by piss-poor education and the "oppressed" don't even seem to care. We know throwing money at disadvantaged school districts doesn't improve quality of education, just leads to graft.
