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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't assume pp that everyone who is white is affluent and born into money. I put away my violin a long time ago. You seem to want it both ways...to brag about your affluence and then to be able to check the box. [/quote]

PP, you are being (rightly) criticized for being [i]very condescending to and dismissive of [/i]a minority.  She brings up a good question, would it ever occur to you to [i]publicly[/i] tell a minority to "embrace themselves?"  I personally think that you owe the previous poster an apology.  As to your other point, no one assumes that anyone was born into money, and in fact I personally assume that most people are not.  Currently, universities are attempting to equalize years of under-representation by minority students by admitting [i]qualified[/i] minority applicants from a [i]variety of social, economic, racial, ethnic, and national backgrounds[/i].  You should not criticize the previous poster for checking a box that is available to them -- especially since that box is not contingent on SES.  You, yourself, are probably the beneficiary of more women than ever being admitted to college regardless of their SES.[/quote]

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