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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I thought smart kids went to IVY. Now I know it has nothing to do with how smart they are.  [/quote]

It absolutely does, and also how hard they had to work to overcome really hard circumstances. As it should be.[/quote]

Speaking of fantasies.  Overcoming hard circumstances?  For maybe 2% of them. The rest are privileged beyond comprehension for most Americans. [/quote]

I hate to break it to you, but being first gen and/or a URM IS a hard circumstance.[/quote]

Sometimes. [b]The URMs I know at Harvard have the same HHI income as us, the fathers had literally the same jobs, and they went to similar or the very same schools as our kids. 
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You think the incoming classes are full of poor black kids and first gen immigrants and it makes your big, hippie heart so happy. It’s a white savior fantasy.  Most kids at ivies are privileged, despite the PR push about the first gen kid from Jersey or Florida. [/quote]

Actually I don't, I think the incoming classes are full of rich white unbelievably privileged kids. But they do indeed let in students who have faced hardship.

The bolded doesn't disprove anything I said. By ''us'' you are implying that you are white and that I am as well. Hopefully one day you'll understand intersectionality.[/quote]

No one could possibly read this and think that by “us”, I meant you.  It’s obviously referring to me and my spouse. Hopefully one day you’ll understand not everything is about you.  [/quote]

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