From: johnny@invalid.net   
      
   By Tyler Olson   
   Published October 31, 2022   
      
   Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday dismissed an argument   
   from a lawyer defending race-based affirmative action policies in   
   college admissions and said that he doesn't give much weight to the   
   idea that diversity automatically creates better outcomes.   
      
   During arguments involving admissions policies at the University of   
   North Carolina (UNC), Thomas asked state Solicitor General Ryan Park to   
   describe the educational benefit to including race as a factor in   
   college admissions. Park responded that in studies involving stock   
   trading results, "racially diverse groups of people … perform at a   
   higher level."   
      
   "The mechanism there is that it reduces groupthink and that people have   
   longer and more sustained disagreement, and that leads to a more   
   efficient outcome," Park said.   
      
   Thomas responded, "I guess I don't put much stock in that because I've   
   heard similar arguments in favor of segregation, too."   
      
   "I've heard the word diversity quite a few times, and I don't have a   
   clue what it means. It seems to mean everything for everyone," Thomas   
   also stated during his line of questioning.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/justice-thomas-rejects-lawyers-   
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