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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is what I am thinking. The issue is they tried to hurt her and not help. One thing if you don’t get in when field is level and quite another if you find an institution is working against you.[/quote]

They have to be honest to the colleges. If she and her family were a PIA, then how can they say she is a "top" candidate to the schools where they need to keep credibility?[/quote]

This is all relative. What if you found out a school was misrepresenting your child's grades. You would be upset. The parents by the way should play zero role in your college recommendation. It should be all about the kid. I have heard zero about this child being a bad kid.[b] I think the parents are doing a great service by letting people know that schools may inhibit your child getting into schools. Schools should be fair for all their kids.[/b][/quote]

I think the parents have done a major disservice for their daughter, who is now effectively unemployable. No way I hire this person if I do a google search and see this lawsuit. Especially after she has lost twice, to take it to the Supreme Court is brutal. What if I need to fire her, or RIF her for any reason? To fear an unjustified lawsuit from a job applicant? No way.[/quote]

Depends on perspective, doesn’t it? There are employers who may applaud her courage. [b]Some AA families feel they’ve been treated similarly and are happy someone is finally taking this on.  [/b]She competed in track at Penn and was a leader in the society for black engineers. She’s marketable and has demonstrated leadership. She also may end up being an entrepreneur. [/quote]

Even if Sidwell did have a vendetta against this girl or her family, there is absolutely no reason to think it's because she is black.   Newsflash, white people also often feel that they are treated unfairly. I'm sure there are many white families at Sidwell and other schools who do not receive as much "advocating" in college admissions as they would have hoped for.  Many of them don't get into schools, receive jobs, etc, as what they or there families feel they are qualified for.  Not every time something doesn't go a black person's way has to do with discrimination. [/quote]

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