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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious what these people attacking AA think should be the criteria for admission.  Diversity is more than about race.  I just read the story of a three - tour combat veteran admitted to Harvard who admits his HS grades and SAT scores were nothing near what the current crop of high achieving high school graduates. Did he displace some poor valedictorian who parents think their snowflake better deserved entrance. [b] Harvard and these other schools want real people who can add some new, different perspective to a class.  Automatons of the type described in William Dereszewicz's "Excellent Sheep" are not always wanted.  [/quote][/b]

[b]And this is true of any race.[/b]  The paint-by-number achiever types who have never failed, taken a detour, broken a rule or had a doubt are not the kids you want in elite universities.  Unfortunately, right now too many excellent sheep are getting in and more feel entitled to. [/quote]

+1. Previous poster seems to hold the racist opinion that only Asians are "automatons."

In any case, to make this simpler, let's contrast two extremes: [b]the kids of a poor Vietnamese immigrant vs the kids of a wealthy black lawyer.

Right now, race-conscious affirmative action penalizes the first and favors the second.[/b]

Why? THAT's the bias we are discussing in this thread.[/quote]

How?  The Asian groups have made an allegation that does not hold water.  No evidence at all that a poor Vietnamese person wth stellar credentials is at a disadvantage vis-a-vis the offspring of a wealth black lawyer.  As noted above, the Ivies seek to create a well rounded class -- legally, they are allowed to do this.[/quote]

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