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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was in college I had a student job in the registrars office. One of the things I dealt with were transcripts, including for law school. This wasn't quite a T14 law school, but close. Anyway, I handled the transcripts so I got a a sense of things.

It is shocking how easy it is for black students to get into a decent law school. The LSAT scores aren't remotely close to white or Asian students. This kind of thing always seems a little academic, but when you actually see the discrepancies it is breathtaking.Totally different planets.

Being black is the golden ticket for law school admissions at least. And that sucks in a lot of different ways. But nobody should be surprised if people mess around with the race box. If you have a grandparent from Vietnam, well, that sucks for you. If you have a grandparent from Haiti, winner.

Colleges set the rules. People are going to play the game. When it is so much easier for people with black or hispanic ancestry to get into schools, it's no surprise that people start looking for a useful grandparent.   [/quote]

And yet with this golden ticket we are still not seeing an over representation of black students in law school.[/quote]

Imagine how dismal k12 schools must be in all Dem-run districts "serving" black kids.[/quote]

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