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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are selective colleges, regardless of the commission at the end.  Like you pointed, it doesn’t make a difference to the overall racial breakdown of total military officers since there are multiple pathways to becoming an officer.  But a degree from West Point is significantly more prestigious than a degree from University of Toledo.  They rightly should stop AA. [/quote]

Prestigious to who? You have to serve as an officer for 5 years, no future employer really cares where you went to undergraduate college after where were a Naval Officer for 5 years, they'll ask you more questions about being a Naval Officer than your 4 years at Annapolis  [/quote]

That's like saying that after Harvard and University Toledo grads are in the workforce for 5 years, no one cares where they went to college anymore.  Patently untrue, bordering on absurd.  [/quote]

I explained in my blurb why you can't compare

Let's do this

Black Guy: Morehouse College - BS in Computer Science + 5 Years as a Naval Cyber Warfare Officer

White Guy: Harvard College - BS in Computer Science  + 5 Years in Middle Management at Google

who gets the job? [/quote]

Depends on the job.[/quote]

Is this a joke? I suspect none of you have worked in corporate America recently if you don’t know the answer [/quote]

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