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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But what the poster is saying is what we have observed -- My son's room mate is "Hispanic".  His dad is an investment banker and he attended private schools and was waited on by a house full of servants.  He drives a Lexus.  I don't think that that was actually the target audience for the system of racial admissions preferences.  One of my college roommates grew up on some kind of a ranch in Namibia.  She was "African" -- even though she was white and quite wealthy.  My son's friend is "African-American".  Both her parents are neurosurgeons and her house is literally five times the size of ours.  This feels like cheating to me.  And no one wins in this scenario -- not the kids who don't get accepted, whether white or black, nor the students who are, who aren't really getting exposed to a diverse group of people, unless you consider Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous as a diverse group of people.[/quote]

You are seeing increasing numbers of these situations as minorities who received preferences and those who came up through their own qualifications are now part of the affluent class. But members of these groups will continue to ardently protect their right to continued preference.

If there are to be preferences then it should be blind to racial categorization and reflect that it is more difficult for any person who comes from a less privileged background to make the same headway as one who comes from a more affluent background.[/quote]

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