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No one is talking about racial discrimination. To be fair, I should have said, “...they can choose to admit whomever they want, [i]within the bounds of the law[/i]...”. As a law abiding citizen, I figured others realized I was not suggesting breaking the law. Mea culpa.

I guess I should realize that not everyone starts from a foundation of doing things legally. I shouldn’t assume that everyone else assumes that suggestions made are only for legal actions.

Nothing in the law says that they can or must admit only those who score the highest on academic measures. They are allowed to be interested in students who score more highly on athletics, music, acting, debating, volunteering with the homeless- really any attribute they think would be a good addition to the Harvard community and enhance the college experience for all students there.

The goal is to put together a class with a wide range of accomplishments and interests, with the idea that just as much learning and growth takes place through interaction with others as takes place in a lecture hall. Harvard can decide what kind of accomplishments they want their students to have. 
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DP.. sure, but I think the study and that chart really shows that white people do get affirmative action, too.  Call it what you want, but that's the end result. So, those white people who complain about how black/hispanics don't need to score as high as white (and asians) should just stop whining because clearly, we see that many white students don't have to perform as high as asians, either.[/quote]

It might be helpful to look up the meaning of affirmative action. Or are you trying to be funny? I can’t tell, but words have meanings and should be used correctly.

Putting together a class of students with many different interests and accomplishments is in no way akin to affirmative action, which is a process used to help students who have historically experienced discrimination. The experience of those who have experienced discrimination is trivialized when the phrase is used to refer to any admitted students who score highly in other categories plus academics, instead of only academics.

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