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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even if they’re wealthy, their presence is valuable to the school.  I don’t have a problem with this. [b]Why insist that class diversity and ethnic diversity be provided by the same kids?[/b]

You’re only looking at the benefit to the student, not the benefit to the institution. [/quote]

+1  Colleges aren't looking to create a campus environment where all of the rich kids are white and all of the non-white kids are poor.  Why should that be a goal?[/quote]

Why would all the rich kids be white without affirmative action?  Plenty of minority candidates are well qualified on their own merits.  [/quote]

OP's entire complaint is about kids that are qualified on their own merits but she still thinks the only reason they got in is affirmative action.  To wit:
[quote]Like with many affirmative action cases, these kids are obviously qualified but[b] the race box is what pushed them over the edge[/b] above a white or asian student[/quote]
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I think a lot of the "You can't sure of all the facts" responses like this are sidestepping the underlying question posed by OP.  Are you asserting that white latinos never benefit from affirmative action? Or just saying "we can't be sure" and leaving it at that? [/quote]

I'm not sidestepping anything.  I said explicitly in my first response that there is no reason they should not benefit, if that's what happened, because affirmative action is not just for poor people.

Both of OP's premises - that white Latinos are only getting into college on affirmative action, even if they're qualified applicants, AND that white Latinos are cheating the system by listing their ethnicity because it might qualify them for affirmative action that she thinks they should not be entitled to - are false and offensive.[/quote]

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