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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Legacy admissions is affirmative action for white people.

http://affinitymagazine.us/2017/08/05/white-people-dont-talk-about-legacy-admissions-because-its-the-affirmative-action-that-helps-them/[/quote]

Have said this before... attended Stanford in the mid 80s.  Our class was 40% "minority" at that time.  Ivys were similar.  Obviously those people have sent and are sending their kids now to elite schools as "legacies."  Get with the 21st century.[/quote]

I know a "minority" who attends Stanford now. She has one black grandparent and looks Italian. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for affirmative action. But it's gamed by savvy upper middle class parents.[/quote]

It's also gamed by schools--private schools and universities--who want to claim a large share of minorities without taking those Anacostia kids. It's a game in which both upper middle class families and schools/colleges are complicit, and it's a shame because it dilutes the purpose of affirmative action.[/quote]

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