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[quote=Anonymous]Kentanji Brown Jackson was first generation Harvard. Her husband was I believe from a multigenerational Harvard legacy family. From everything I have read and heard about him, I don’t think he was an admit that only got in because of legacy like George W. Bush (look at his grades) or the Trump children at Penn. Legacy doubles down on prior privilege. I mean if your great-grandfather or grandfather went to Yale and your Dad went, you are benefitting from a legacy preference that dates back to a time tjose schools actively discriminated against applicants based on race or religion. A time when their grandmothers couldn’t go. Athletics is just another way of building in privilege. Just look at the makeup of the athletic teams and the sports. A lot of wealthy sports are represented. Squash, sailing, water polo, fencing, etc. There’s no recruiting for the debate team, robotics team, band, etc. [/quote]
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