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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter]https://twitter.com/bungarsargon/status/1674420245371715586[/twitter][/quote]

I'm one of those Democrats who is happy to see this ruling. I'd rather see affirmative action on the basis of socioeconomic status rather than race. It would probably get you to the same conclusion rather than giving preferential treatment to UMC and UC POCs.[/quote]

It doesn't get you there. California has already proven that. As a black woman, I am devasted. How do you eliminate affirmative action when merit is not real. You have many black and latino students graduated from substandard schools and white kids going to high school with golf courses. SAT scores are based on income, not intelligence.

We haven't even come to terms with race in this country. [/quote]

No, and we probably never will. Sorry, people are too concerned about their own and their kids' futures to willingly give up their own standing in this "dog-eat-dog" of a country. We kind of tried to help for a while. But rising inequality and the costs of securing a decent future since the 1980s in this meritocratic society has made us much less trusting, much more polarized and with fewer safety nets to fall back on. It's every person for himself even if we're starting from radically different starting points.[/quote]

BS.

My kids in another era, would have been shoe-ins for an Ivy League school. Neither were accepted in their ED's and both ended up at otherwise outstanding schools and are/were very happy with the college educations and experiences. None of us in our family have ANY issues with racial preferences that worked against our kids because we understand the system racism and historic racism that has divided our country and are happy that kids who would not have been given a shot 100 years ago are being given one today.[/quote]

Congratulations! That's great to hear! But your personal story is an anecdote. I'm speaking for society at large, which isn't necessarily reflective of your personal lived experience. [/quote]

Flat out do not believe this. No one who has seen their kid work so hard is happy when they do not get into their qualified ED. Move along. Happy that admissions will be based on grades etc and still will be a lottery ticket but at least a fair one. [/quote]

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