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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly if you kid doesn't get into HPY and goes to say, UVA- what do you think will happen? Do you really think their future is lost? Are you afraid they will end up on the streets?

Seriously please help me understand...[/quote]

Well, let's turn it around and look at it another way. Would it be the end of the world if "not enough" underprivileged (meaning, black and Hispanic, because that's what this is "adversity score" nonsense really all about) kids didn't get into HYP and had to go to George Mason instead? NO. What if they went to vocational school instead? Would their future be lost? NO. But this is obviously an unacceptable outcome to the Left, or they wouldn't be exerting ourselves mightily to take race into account without taking race into account.[/quote]

If the people we expect to become leaders of our country are educated in an environment where they're prevented from interacting with, and learning from, individuals who have experienced the biggest issues facing our country: things like poverty, racism, and disability.  Then they aren't in a position to actively engage those problems and be part of the solution.  So yes, that is an unacceptable outcome.

I am so sick of this notion that if a kid knows how to play the bassoon or swim real fast then we see that as an asset to the school and give them admissions privilege, but if a kid's achievement in overcoming racism, or other challenging experiences then we act like it's some sort of charity to let them in.  When in reality, the latter is harder to do, and the knowledge that they gain from it is far more important. [/quote]

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