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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These discussions often devolve into racial conflict, which makes me think some people are intentionally diverting attention from the real issue in our society: the ultra-wealthy consolidating power while the rest of us foolishly fight over scraps.

Seriously if no one has a place in the economy, does it matter what college you go to?[/quote]

Well, I think Gen Z is feeling massive economic insecurity in their future. Which makes schools like Harvard and Yale and so on even more valuable - that pedigree and those connections are very valuable in life, regardless of the quality of education.

Re race, we all know the vast majority of black students admitted to the elite schools over the past 20 years were the sons and daughters of very successful black professionals and inherited wealth that sent their kids to private schools - whether St. Albans or Dalton or Harvard-Westlake or whatever. Successful black families are not a surprise in 2025. Or they were the sons and daughters of the elite from the Caribbean or certain African countries. There are gazillions of very privileged black folks today.

The point is changing racial demographics at the most selective schools isn't hurting students at Anacostia or Ballou or whatever. They weren't getting in to Harvard or Princeton to begin with. No one - Asian, white, Hispanic whatever - is taking an Ivy League spot from a black student at Anacostia in the aftermath of Supreme Court decisions. The way things are falling out, it basically means being black at an extremely expensive private school isn't the hook that it used to be. [/quote]

As far as I can tell, upper class black kids are still doing really well in admissions. [/quote]

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