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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]YES.

Read up on the SFFA supreme court decision from 2023.[/quote]

SFFA = universities cannot examine an individual student’s skin color, and then lower the admissions standard based on their examination of the student’s skin.

That would be racist, obviously.  But it was what universities did for decades; first as “racial quotas,” which were then disguised as “affirmative-action,” and finally disguised again as Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access (DEIA).  Only certain groups were given these advantages, while Indians and Asians were excluded, because they benefit from unearned Indian and Asian privilege.

However, SFFA still allows universities to use “proxies” for race:  low income / FARMS status is one of those proxies.[/quote]

What is FARMS?[/quote]

“Free and/or Reduced [price] Meals.”  It is an acronym used to describe students who have applied and been accepted into state and/or federal public assistance programs where they receive free breakfast and lunch provided at school.

There are strict income limits.  Only low-income families are eligible for this assistance.

Its relevance here is that low-income families generally “tend” to be URMs or: under represented minorities (ie Latinx or Black), though of course public assistance is granted with ZERO regard to race.  For example, there are plenty of white kids (and even a few Asians) who qualify for FARMs assistance in places like West Virginia.  The majority are URMs, however.[/quote]

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