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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MIT football has been pretty stellar the past couple of years.

And so what, why not take kids who excel in the classroom and on a field or court?

OP makes an assumption that recruited athletes are somehow lesser students.[/quote]

Why assume URMs are lesser students?  [/quote]

They usually are. Elite schools have a hard time making their quota with URMs with high stats.

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Same could be said for athletes. Evidence says athletes are admitted with lesser scores. [/quote]

+1.  But PPs are ok with athletes being admitted with lower scores because many sports are now dominated by white athletes because athletes are recruited from expensive club teams.  When are you going to learn, PP.  As long as you're white, it's ok to have lower scores because of course you bring something  unique to the table.  If you are a URM, your diversity or what you bring to the table is automatically subpar.[/quote]

White athlete had to excel at being an athlete. (And oh by the way, you can't just "pay money" as a white parent to have your kid excel at athletics.)

URM had to excel at [i]nothing[/i]. All they did was get born with a skin color. Clearly subpar compared to an athlete.[/quote]

Athletes have to have some talent to be able to excel at athletic. And opportunities to hone your skills cost lots of money. Few soccer, baseball or lacrosse players are getting recruited by only playing their sport for a few months with their high school teams.

URMs may have the same athletic talent and those who are economically disadvantaged (majority) do not have the resources to hone their athletic skills. Youth sports participation is lower among poor and URM kids.

(BTW, I don't know why I'm wasting my time pointing this out. You are incapable of seeing, much less acknowledging your privileged place in this society. -white parent)[/quote]

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