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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"If all other credentials are equal, Asian-Americans need to score 140 points more than whites, 270 points higher than Hispanics, and 450 points above African-Americans out of a maximum 1600 on the math and reading SAT to have the same chance of admission to a private college, according to “No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal,” a 2009 book co-written by Princeton sociologist Thomas Espenshade."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/harvard-targeted-in-u-s-asian-american-discrimination-probe.html[/quote]

That's because they don't just go by test scores when making admissions decisions. As it should be,[/quote]

PP, how did you do on reading comprehension tests?  I'm asking b/c you failed to note the words "If all other credentials are equal . . . ."Yes,  factors other than test scores are taken into account, but AA candidates are still held to a higher standard.  It is appalling that blatant discrimination against any group is tolerated in this way.  I'm not Asian-American, but I have seen my kids' friends who are AA suffer the consequences of discrimination in college admissions.  And, no, you can't dismiss this by saying they were just stereotypical AA STEM nerds.  I'm talking about varsity athletes, newspaper editors, kids who've done extensive community service, etc.  If you ask white kids in college whether they believe discrimination against AA kids exists, they'll tell you that if you don't think so, you're full of it.  [/quote]

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