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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a biracial white-passing minority at an elite college in the 90s and knew immediately literally everyone in my class was far smarter and cutthroat. It was awful. And in January of my first year my advisors were trying to get me to consider the easiest majors just because I aced an easy intro class everyone aces. Not try harder and here’s some resources, they just wanted me in an easy department. Being the dumb kid sucks. EVERYONE know you only got in because of affirmative action. Not to say most peers are mean and won’t socialize with you, it’s just you can tell they know you’re not on their level.[/quote]

Can you tell if this is a race baiting troll?[/quote]

Or maybe telling an honest story, who knows?[/quote]

They describe themselves as "white passing" and then says everyone thought they got in because of affirmative action. That does not make sense. Why would anyone think that if everyone thought they were "white?"

Troll.[/quote]

Maybe her name was “Maria de los Angeles Rodriguez”, but was “white passing”. “Hispanic” is not a race. [/quote]

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