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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMHO, this issue is just begging for litigation. A quota for women.... [/quote] and for men[/quote]

And for blacks and Latinos and middle earthers and internationals and first gen and blah blah blah.    Colleges have truly lost their way with this regressive social engineering BS.[/quote]

Given the horrific history of lynching, church burning, church bombing, housing discrimination, job discrimination, voter suppression, and segregation that blacks have suffered in my lifetime, I'm happy to give more to my alma mater because they encourage and support black applicants.  Given that the most common way for poor and middle class white families to accumulate wealth in this country (buying a house and building equity, often with government support in the form of VA of FHA loans) was effectively closed to blacks by redlining and housing discrimination during most of my life, I fully support efforts to build the black middle class.

As the child of first generation college students (both of whom attended college on scholarships), I also donate to scholarship funds and fully support efforts to encourage first generation college students.  Considering that my dad went from being the first in his family to attend college to being the CEO of a large publicly held corporation, the economic benefit of encouraging untapped talent in first generation college students appeals to me.

As the parent of a good but not great high school student who will have a much tougher time getting into college than I did, I am sympathetic to the occasional frustration of parents like me whose kids don't tick any of these boxes.  However, I recognize the benefit of encouraging certain under served groups, and I just encourage my kid to work harder.  I'm sick of all the people like me (white men) I constantly hear whining these days.  What ever happened to the ethic of just sucking it up and working harder?

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