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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are first generation or URM. [/quote]

White supremacy is an ugly thing.[/quote]

If you haven't been paying attention the last 30+ years, it's not about white people.   The Asians are the ones getting shafted.  [/quote]

To the extent this is true, they’re getting shafted by white people, not the underrepresented groups so often cited here; privilege and connections disproportionately held by white people (e.g. legacy preference, philanthropy, private school attendance) are a huge factor in admissions. All you have to do is look at the numbers—the percentages of Black, Hispanic, and Native American students at selective schools rarely exceed the single digits, well below their representation in the US population. If you think the reason Asian students aren’t getting into selective colleges is because a school increased its Black student population from 5% to 6% over a number of years, you’re pretty lost in the sauce.

And the white people working to maintain that privilege are THRILLED you bought into it. They want nothing more than to pit people of color against each other in some sort of zero sum game. [/quote]

Generally when they look at what the composition of selective colleges would be like if they went by grades, academic rigor and test scores they find that the percentage of white students would go up slightly, the percentage of Asian students would go up significantly and the number of black and Hispanic students would drop precipitously.  Interestingly, a lot of the current white students wouldn’t get admitted (athletes and legacies) but they would get replaced by high performing un-hooked white kids who are basically in the same boat as Asian kids.

If you view these findings rationally, then Asians and un-hooked whites actually [b]are[/b] getting shafted by these under-represented groups and legacies/athletes.

I’m for eliminating all preferential treatment; race, legacy, athletic recruits etc.[/quote]

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