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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mediocre white students, especially males, hate being around excellence.[/quote]

Huh?  How does giving a boost to someone purely because of the color of their skin make them "excellent"?  Removing DEI means that no one gets in based on their race, but ONLY due to their qualifications.  Of course, Democrats are dead set against merit ONLY admissions.  Makes sense.[/quote]

People, people! How many times does this have to be explained?! White women have statistically been the biggest beneficiaries of DEI policies. Yes, shocking and sad. That means that DEI includes everyone in the US except for cis, able-bodied white men.

It was created because that small minority of Americans had (and in most cases) have an outsized representation in all facets of academia, business, government, etc. it was created BECAUSE merit didn’t exist, and we’re seeing with this admin, who cut all the women generals and fired people of color that they hate women and POC and LGBTQ and veterans and people with any kind of disability.

This is petty, vindictive, and an overreach of state’s rights. Stand up or watch your own rights be eroded, unless you are a cis, able bodied white man (and there are fortunately a decent amount of them finally speaking up). 
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Women benefitted from affirmative action (as it was originally conceived), not DEI.

Women were admitted into all male schools DEPITE being women, not BECAUSE they were women.
Underqualified white women were not admitted over more qualified men.
Women were allowed to compete in areas where they were not previously allowed.

I ask no favor for my sex, all I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks. - RBG[/quote]

Now that women are outnumbering men on most campuses, many less qualified men are being admitted BECAUSE they’re men to keep the balance somewhat in check.[/quote]

I don't know where people are getting this idea that there is some pronounced preference for male students. Especially at the top end.  The harvard lawsuit provided a lot of data and which gender do you think had the higher standardized test scores?  I'll give you a hint:

https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-percentile-ranks-gender-race-ethnicity.pdf

There's about 10% more women applying yo college than there are men and this is causing a mismatch in the applicant pool as you get further down the rankings but it's not happening at the top.  You probably dont see any effect within Ivy+[/quote]

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