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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good, balanced article that provides some context to the current debate..

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/15/the-rise-and-fall-of-affirmative-action
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I know this article. When it says:"[i]Wang was rejected from all the Ivy League universities he had applied to, except the University of Pennsylvania[/i]." is when you should stop reading it. In the first sentence of paragraph 2.

Top kid applies to elite colleges and gets in one.  Can someone point out the problem to me?[/quote]O

If he was black he would have gotten into all eight.  Heck, if he was white he might have had a chance at HYP.  Try to keep up....it isn’t that hard.[/quote]

Yet, you would never trade places with that black kid with his or her life chances and opportunities in a racist society. [/quote]

[b]I'd trade places with Malia Obama[/b].  And yet, for "Affirmative Action" purposes, her application (or one from the daughter of Robert Johnson) gets the same weight as a black kid from the inner city.  I don't have a problem with kids who are from truly disadvantaged backgrounds having their records evaluated in light of the obstacles they've overcome.  But why should a rich black kid have an advantage over a poor white kid? [/quote]

... And we finally have a taker!!!!  A DCUM nobody is willing to trade places with a black female - but only because she's a Harvard student dating a British royalty and is a daughter of a former president of the US, the most powerful nation and empire the world has ever seen.  In short, an African-American privileged princess is equivalent to a DCUM nobody.  But for her dating a British royalty, would you trade places? 
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DP  You straw-man is moronic and has zero to do with AA.....move along.[/quote]

Has everything to do with AA.  When a DCUM nobody thinks she's on the same level as one in a millions African-American female, brings to focus the life chances and opportunities of people of color in this racist society.  It brings to focus the need for AA.  [/quote]

Honestly, I think you lack critical thinking (and writing) skills to even comment on this subject. [/quote]

Ok, DCUM Nobody.  Obviously you - but not others - are entitled to comment on this subject.  [/quote]

Point.  Straight over pps head.

Why does AA focus on someone's race and not the other circumstances of their life?  Why should a rich "royalty dating" black woman be given a leg up over a poor white kid that grew up in a meth-infested town in Appalachia?  Because racial diversity is good, but economic diversity is not?  Minorities make up the majority of Harvard's class of 2021, but their student body is still overwhelmingly financially privileged.  Go to Harvard, where you can study with rich people of ALL ethnic backgrounds!

According to the Harvard Crimson in 2017: The median family income for Harvard undergraduates is $168,800—more than three times the national median, according to a recent study. With an average student at the 79th income percentile, Harvard's median family income was the third-lowest in the Ivy League: Brown, with a $204,200 median family income, ranked first.....With 4.5 percent of students from the bottom 20 percent of the income distribution, Harvard ranks 2011th out of the 2395 schools for its proportion of low-income students.

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There's evidence that Malia Obama is an AA child.  It's a speculation based on the gap year she took.  Imagine that.  The daughter of one of the most powerful man and woman on this planet did not have what it takes.  So, imagine the typical black child.  What chance does he or she have in this racist society?[/quote]

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