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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Terrible decisision. This shows us how awful Scalias death( or maybe murder) was. It doesn't really matter though. You can admit URMs with lower grades and SATs who don't deserve admission  all you want, and you can even give them top jobs. However, at the end of the day, they will be outperformed by those who are intellectually superior to them. It's sad that minorities want "equality", but then demand special prviliagrs. It actually says something pretty bad about URMs if they can't succeed without affirmative action.College admissions should be based solely on GPA, SAT, ECs, and recommendations. At least the SCOTUS got the important decision on illegal immigration right.  [/quote]

What do you have to say about those white students who were admitted to UT who had lower SAT scores, GPA and fewer ECs than Fisher?  Oh crickets...that's what I thought.  In your bigoted mind, it's only the Blacks who were admitted who are unqualified.  Careful, you hood is showing.  Btw, stay mad![/quote]

Its funny...the assumption game could be played many ways.

Just like PP believes UT is placing higher weight on race in admissions above all other criteria, someone else could argue a white student with lower scores got in due to legacy or other connections. Or Asian kids got in only b/c they had stellar SAT and grades, but crap in everything else. Thats not fair to the hardworking Latino who scored above average, but has stellar extracurics and a true home hardship (e.g. working to support family). Who is to say which kids are more deserving in every situation??

If school admissions were simply based on SAT and GPA cutoffs, then I would absolutely agree with anti-AAs. Unfortunately for them, thats not how admissions works. Its not even how the work world works. The person with the highest standardized test score and/or IQ in the room does not win all the time, or even most of the time, in the real world. [/quote]

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