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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.propublica.org/article/affirmative-action-how-the-fight-against-at-harvard-could-threaten-rich-whites

Many student groups across the ivy league have started groups asking for legacy admissions to be banned.

Great article here - i found this interesting.

[quote]Indeed, the best protection for affirmative action may be the threat that its elimination would pose to legacy preference. [b]“Were this court to have the courage to forbid the use of racial discrimination in admissions, legacy preferences (and similar practices) might quickly become less popular — a possibility not lost, I am certain, on the elites” supporting affirmative action[/b], Justice Clarence Thomas — not a fan of either race-based or legacy preferences — observed in 2003.[/quote][/quote]

I'm against AA as well as legacy and athletic preferences.  Legacy preference is about the only way my kid would get into my highly competitive alma mater, but she really shouldn't be taking the place of a more highly qualified non-legacy.[/quote]

is you kid dumber than you? [/quote]

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