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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate to tell a lot of you this, but most minorities do not give a rat's ass how we got the opportunity or what you call it, or even waht you think about it - we just want the opportunity.  The shame and stigma that some assign to Affirmative Action is a White person's thing.

Further, the data that I have seen (I used to work in a university setting)[b] shows that the level of academic attrition among White, Black and Latinos is very similar[/b] - and much lower for Asian students.  So...it is not like these kids are getting into these schools and flunking out at a higher rate. [/quote]

Wait are you just proving that asians should get more spots at to schools?

Confused at your post there.[/quote]

What's confusing about it?  What I said speaks for itself.  Blacks, Whites and Latinos flunk out at similar rates so anyone saying that Black and Latino admits don't do well relative to Whites once in college is misinformed. Of the four groups that I mentioned, Asians flunk out less than Whites, Blacks and Latinos.

Does that mean they merit more spots?  Who knows?  Seems to me that a university needs to fill out a class across all majors and all departments.  So maybe that type of "diversity" is also important to them. I don't profess to know how these admission committees work at each school. [/quote]

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