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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WASPs.[/quote]
All of these colleges are significantly less white and wealthy than many other t20s. Not really the vibe. Pomona had a recent class that is less than 25% white.[/quote]
Majority of white kids at these schools are athletes. Weird dynamic for non-athlete white kids…avoid.[/quote]
Weird dynamic if you're scared of non-white people, sure.[/quote]

Right? What a weird, racist thing to say. And not true. 
Signed, white, non-athlete Swarthmore grad who loved my time there and had a lovely diverse group of friends[/quote]
It is most definitely true. Go see for yourself. It is not even close.

Interesting that you are taking a social justice stance on this: the fact that the majority of white kids at these schools are athletes means diversity has failed. Let me spell this out, because you seem slow: when D3 athletes are 80% or more white (and 90% non-URM), and athletes make up 30-35% of the school, it is impossible to have a significant portion of URMs and first gens unless the proportion of non-athlete, non-hooked students is tiny. What we are left with is affirmative action for whites on one end, and discrimination against all non-first gen students (whites, yes, but including Asian and Indian Americans) on the other.

If you really cared about social justice, you would not be defending white affirmative action at these schools. And you would look at your beloved Swarthmore’s athletic team pages and learn how to count.[/quote]

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