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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The people opposed to this only do so because they think race or gender are the only way people identify and they are afraid that being white and cis may hamper their kid's college app.[/quote]

It's the only way to "identify" that colleges care about. That's a fact. And yes, being white and cis will hold you back. Also a fact.

[quote]But it is BS because there are so many ways your identity is defined. Physically, racially, culturally.[/quote]

Again: admissions office only cares about your race, gender, and are you LGBTQwhatever.

[quote] My  husband wrote his essay on being an only child. [/quote]

Which no admissions office ever cared about, ever. But I guess he had to say something.

[quote]When I read the question from the article, “Tell us about an aspect of your identity or a life experience that has shaped you," I immediately thought of how much of my life has been shaped by my physical disability[/quote]

I immediately thought it was a sneaky way for them to ask about race without directly asking about race, which it very obviously is.

[quote]Sorry if it offends you that I was shaped by this, and that I shouldn't have written about it. I know some of you want to believe or downplay the experiences of others as cashing in on "trauma," but you are so far off the mark.[/quote]

I have a disability, too, but I don't imagine for a moment that anyone cares about it, least of all a college admissions committee.[/quote]

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