In this video, The War Against Merit, racial inequality is explored, especially in the context of recognition and advancement in the fields of education and industry being based on race instead of merit. Author, commentator, and host, Danielle D’Souza Gill discusses the topic of Asian American racial discrimination. She addresses the topics of college admissions, affirmative action, and race-based discrimination in today’s tech companies. Affirmative Action and College Admissions The first issue, affirmative action in college admissions addresses the practice of reserving a certain number of seats based on race. Ms. Gill says that regardless of grades or test scores, students are admitted simply based on their race. The standards are different for each group. In a study of student admissions, Asians scored higher on test scores but lower on personality assessments. Harvard, for example, clearly showed discrimination when it scored Asians lower on personality traits than other groups. The …