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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so glad my black niece who will be attending an Ivy in the fall was admitted with a [b]2375[/b] SAT, perfect GPA, plenty of honors/AP courses, ECs, and on and on and on.  And for those who would suggest that these are public school scores, she attended one of the so-called Big Three privates in this area.

No one will EVER be able to throw in her face that she got in because of the color of her skin (but there will be those who will allude to that as evidenced in this thread) as she outweighed or equaled academically all of her competitors.

She owes no explanation to anyone how or why she was admitted just as she would not expect that from anyone else she encounters on campus or anywhere else.[/quote]

You can't even get that score; I'll assume that's a typo.  With scores and qualifications that high none of the previous conversation relates to her; she's clearly qualified.  The only reason that people will assume she got in because of the color of her skin is because many do.  If it was a open meritocracy then there wouldn't be anybody suggesting she didn't earn her way in.  That's one of the biggest problems I see in affirmative action; [b]it casts doubts on the talents of the kids who legitimately qualified.[/b]  I feel the same way about athletic recruits; I don't assume that they're as talented as non-recruited students.[/quote]The doubt comes from the hearts and minds of those who question the ilntellect.  Affirmative Action was never exclusively meant for blacks.  The biggest beneficiaries were white women who kept hitting their heads on low and high glass ceilings.

The black kids who are legitimately qualified (whether at an Ivy or state school -- whether A or B student) don't need affirmation from whites.  They know what they are capable of.[/quote]

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