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[quote=Anonymous]It seems clear to me that it was meant to be satire.* With that said, its publication career should have ended at the school newspaper -- she isn't quite clever enough to pull this off (I'm not sure anyone below the Calvin Trillin would be) and I think her parents should have talked her out of publishing this (or talked the older sister out of helping her). She is now notorious. And whether or not it is genuine, there is an air of "in vino veritas" to this -- if you are around teenagers, many of even the most politically liberal/progressive are almost overwhelmingly against affirmative action in college admissions, as they feel like someone is getting "their" spot unfairly. (Yes, hypocrisy duly noted.) *Which, it's always interesting to see, has been misunderstood throughout the ages, and is routinely missed on DCUM too (anybody remember Jonathan Swift and "A Modest Proposal").[/quote]
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