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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Asians were deemed subhuman and unassimilable in the nineteenth century, but have become America’s exceptionally competent minority in the 21st century. This does not fit neatly within the progressive narrative. It is much easier to lower the bar for certain groups than to do the heavy lifting of improving the educational system for all.[/quote]

You have foolishly bought into the conservative narrative that progressives are the problem. URMs are not the problem.  
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Can you explain why it is that Asian applicants need higher scores in order to get into top colleges? The right has a plausible explanation that was born out by the Harvard case, what is your alternative explanation? [/quote]

Holistic admissions.  Test scores are not the be all/end all that folks think they are.[/quote]

So we're pretending that the Harvard personality scores that were shown to be lower across the board for asians are just causal racism and not a way to dock asian applicants in order to boost diversity? Or do you believe that Asian kids really do have inferior personalities? [/quote]

This is a false premise.  There is no diversity gain from decreasing the number of Asians students when it is primarily white students who are losing ground in admissions.  [/quote]

Admissions is zero sum. If it weren't for the personality scores, the Harvard student body would be far more Asian American  [/quote]

Only if test scores were the only admission criteria. Clearly, that is not the case. It's really hard for some people to accept that their excellent test scores can only get them so far.  So is life.  [/quote]

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