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[quote=Anonymous]Pomona isn't a state school, and it attracts candidates from all over the nation and world, so I'm not sure why so many respondents are using California demographics to contextualize the admission results.

Moreover, the stats do suggest that the admissions board was actively selecting against white candidates, or actively giving a great deal of preference to non-white candidates.

To suggest that this is merely a sign that white students are finally learning what it's like to live without "privilege" is to suggest that the opposite of enjoying privilege is to be the subject of discrimination. If that's the case, then I'm guessing a lot of people who were decrying privilege in favor of an equal playing field will soon be motivated to rethink their stance and guard what privilege remains to them all the more zealously.

Either way, none of the responses in this thread strike me as reflective of particularly intelligent or constructive approaches to creating a fair society for all.[/quote]

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