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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a white TJ graduate and I would be FINE if the percentage of white students stayed the same or (even better) went down, while the percentages of other under-represented minorities became more balanced across the board. I definitely don't care about making TJ white again. I do care about giving black and brown students (esp from disadvantaged backgrounds) a chance.

And, since I obv have no skin in the game as an old person alumni, I'll say that if my kid was applying to TJ (he isn't; we don't live in Fx anymore), I'd be fine if he wasn't accepted so that a student of color could attend. My kid gets lots of privilege from his parents' status as white people, and, while TJ might be a great opportunity for him, it's perfectly acceptable to me to give up a "spot" so others without that kind of systemic privilege have more opportunity.

Please don't assume that all alumni (or even most) support admission reform b/c they want TJ to be more white again. [/quote]

How nice of you. You should also think about discrimination faced by Asian students as well while you are at it. Especially since Asian Americans lack adequate political clout to fight discrimination unlike blacks and Hispanics.  :cry: [/quote]

You think blacks and Hispanics have political clout to fight discrimination?  Are you new to this country?  [/quote]

Astronomically more so than Asian Americans.[/quote]

Black and Hispanics face exponentially more racism in this country than Asians.  What you view as political clout is just their loud expression of frustration.  It never goes anywhere, so no, they have no "clout" to fight discrimination.  [/quote]

You are obviously not Asian so you cannot know the discrimination faced by Asians in this country. You also don't want to get into which group faces more discrimination than other groups. Asians do not even have means to "express" their frustrations precisely because of the attitudes held by people like you. You demonstrated my point.[/quote]

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