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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think a lot of people get it. Even before the Harvard case more and more colleges were already getting away from using race as an explicit factor, but were trending towards “socioeconomic” factors in college admissions.  Some state schools like UC and U. Mich were doing it because of states’ ban on AA.  But there is no ban on using “socioeconomic” factors.

A friend of mine is a law firm partner in an upscale area of San Diego.  His own family was first generation immigrants from Eastern Europe and he grew up in a not-so-good area of NYC.  He’s the typical American Dream success story—pulled himself up from bootstraps, worked hard and got an education.  But he’s the one who told me that UC looks at applicant’s zip code and practices economic and geographic discrimination, even for in-state.  Why should children be punished because their parents are hard working, successful, and live in a nice neighborhood?[/quote]

Are you calling poor people lazy? GTFO[/quote]

No.  But wealth is a good indication of innate intelligence, special talent (e.g. sports), and most importantly, work ethic.[/quote]

Wealth a good indication of how wealthy your parents were.[/quote]

If you had to choose between being born to a family in the top 5% of wealth with an average intelligence and being born with a top 5% IQ and average family income, you are expected to have much higher lifetime income and wealth at retirement with the higher IQ and average family income than vice versa.[/quote]

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