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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s almost like they actually believe that merit matters. The gall.

They want to reinstitute the white boy network. This isn't hard to understand. If there are legacies of color, that cannot be tolerated.[/quote]

Legacies are still predominantly white.  Why would you think otherwise?  Because there are a handful of Asians and a sprinkling of blacks and Hispanics?[/quote]

The Harvard class of '95 was 35% minority so it's not as simple as some would like to make it. Eliminating Legacy at time when minority Legacies are achieving critical mass raises some interesting discussion points. [/quote]

Yes, this is a good point. My kids are future minority legacy applicants. My family is not rich and I was the first person from my family to go to an elite university. I think it’s unfortunate that this is being yanked away from people now that it actually will benefit a substantial number of minorities. I benefited substantially from my connections with these multigenerational legacy families. They have helped me get jobs and interviews. My friend started a very successful business and he was able to get a funding from the other cofounders father who unsurprisingly was part of a multigenerational university  “development” families. The current system works very well at helping people develop social capital regardless of background in large part because of the concentration of elite members of society. If you take that system away it disproportionately harms the people MC and Low income students who don’t have their connections or family wealth. An elite degree is not very useful without elite connections. [/quote]
This is just opportunity hording, no matter your background.  You were given an elite education.  Shouldn't another first gen/LMC student be given the same opportunity?

I don't agree with affirmative action, but I'd much prefer that than legacies, which still benefits the wealthy white class more than any other group.
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