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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not understand why ppl are making it a race thing. Do you realize this is race neutral! Many AAs including myself will be hurt in this and it will actually lead to lower numbers of AAs in schools because *SHOCKING* most AAs at ivy's are pretty well off. It is incredibly difficult for poor students to make it to college hence why even the minorities are pretty well off. In the end, if anything this will lead to more poor white kids getting an edge. STOP MAKING THIS ABOUT BLACK PPL It IS ABOUT POVERTY. I know you don't like to see black ppl around you so this policy will actually help- you should support it. [/quote]

I'm an upper middle class black person with a kid at an Ivy. I understand my level of privilege and add on to it I am fairer skinned and that confers some advantages in society as well.  I wish people would understand that privilege is a nuanced thing I certainly have it but of course not as much as a white, male 1%er. I don't know how this discussion turned to be about black people - how do we get blamed for this adversity scale???

I'm fine with releasing some of my privilege to give others an opportunity - this is important to me as a black person and I try to live my life this way. My kid would have done well at non-Ivy school too, and we certainly would release her spot to give another kid from less circumstances a chance.

What I also find amusing though is if you go on the threads about the Harvard lawsuit and abolishing affirmative action you'll find dozens of posts with people saying "it should all be based on SES and not race!!!!".  Well here is an attempt at a solution and everyone goes crazy!! This thread and others basically verifies that people DO have privilege and will do anything to hang on to it.

Also people should understand, the College Board can do whatever it wants and create these tools. It has reams of data on our kids over decades, never mind all the public data this is available.  Thanks to technology and data-gathering it is possible to create a scale like this. However, it doesn't mean colleges have to use it. [/quote]

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