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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Im so happy at how much my kids have benefitted from their advantages. There seems to be some new education initiative to prop up URMs every other day. It almost always does the opposite and sometimes even degrades general education outcomes for all who arent paying attention. The harder these people try to prop URMs up, the larger the gap grows, and I celebrate this. [/quote]

I am so happy I benefitted from URM and low income programs. Now my kids do not need any advantages and I am able to afford their extra curriculars and test prep. Nevertheless, I am aware there are many kids who, could contribute to our tax base in the future and be leaders in our communities, but for reasons beyond their control, they cannot access higher education. I am not an a$$hole who would pull the ladder up behind me. I wish there were more programs that supported these students. If my kid ends up at JMU instead of VT because a low income URM “took their spot”, so be it. My kids will be fine wherever they land, as they will always have our support and connections. [/quote]

You think you got into VT because of racial preferences and low income programs?
And now your kids don't need to go to VT because you got to go there?
There is another family out there whose kids don't have that cushion because you got it through racial preferences.[/quote]

I didn’t go to VT. I went to a small directional low rated university out West. My point was that if my kid ends up at JMU over VT, because a URM “took their spot”, so be it, they will be fine. We can support them all the way. Why? Because I was able to get a degree from “pudunk” university as a URM, that still opened doors for me. Had I not had some DEI support along the way, I wouldn’t be here. [/quote]

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