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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nigerians place a huge emphasis on education and on excelling, as some have previously noted. Nigerians also account for 25 percent of black students at Harvard Business School. They are consistently academic standouts. Not affirmative action. [/quote]

Nigerians (and Cubans) are obsessed with exploiting American affirmative action policies that were not intended for them.[/quote]

Jesus.  [b]I guess it's totally impossible that a young woman of color could, by herself, merit these admissions?[/b]

I can completely understand why this MoCo student wrote this:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/opinion/sunday/finding-growth-at-my-historically-black-college.html

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one of the biggest problems with those policies is that it casts a cloud on even the most deserving recipients. if there is an alternative explanation for her acceptances than, yes, people are going to wonder.[/quote]

Ok...but why should ANY kid give a damn about how YOU or anyone else think they got there?  Let them wonder.  [b]That is more your issue than it is hers. [/b] I tell my own kids and kids that mentor that it should not matter how you got there.  If you show up, do the work and take advantage of the opportunities, then it is all good.  But do not give one thought to other people speculating about why you got an opportunity.

Because a White kid could be dumb as a rock and get in because of legacy status.  Not one of you would look at him and think twice about him belonging at that school.  But a POC gets in and now everyone wants to second -guess and parse her accomplishments. [/quote]

no, actually, it's more of her issue. not saying she should care, she probably shouldn't and can't do anything about it anyway, byt what people think about how one got where she is can have a real life consequences.

also, not true that people don't care about legacies. jared kushner was written about prominently and disparagingly because he bought his way into harvard. people still talk about it, and it's pretty much a kind of a stigma. i am sure he was bothered by it, certainly at college and maybe even today. he has a harvard degree yet it doesn't feel real though he (i assume) did all the coursework.

the point is the same - what people think about how one got to where they are can be consequential. ignoring that is not easy.[/quote]

This comment reeks with discrimination. Just wow.  [b]Would we be wondering how she got there if she was white? [/b]I have know doubt this exceptional young lady could care less what anyone thinks. What matters are what the eight Ivies thought. And being accepted to all eight Ivies, which I am sure will be part of her life story, shouldn't be questioned by anyone except an idiot. [/quote]

here is the thing: if she were white there wouldn't be alternative explanation for her success. that's why people are wondering. personally i don't care.

also, i sure hope being accepted into colleges won't be a major part of her life story. it would actually be sad if it were. the only people who still talk about their college acceptances past the age of, oh, 25 or 30, are those who are not sucessful.[/quote]

At what point are you going to actually give her credit for this accomplishment?  Or are you just going to be shady about it?[/quote]

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