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[quote=Anonymous]I'm conflicted.

I'm white from an immigrant family, and when I went to college (early 2000s) I was rejected to some colleges that accepted minority classmates who had lower GPAs, lower SAT score, and came from much better-off families than mine.  At the time, as a kid who worked all through high school and grew up on food stamps hustling every minute to make my life better, it hurt.  20 years later I'm okay with what happened because my disadvantages still pale in comparison to the inherent privilege society gives me because of my race.

Now I put myself into an Asian kid's shoes. A kid who works his butt off to have a perfect pre-college portfolio but then finds out, sorry, you're Asian and we need to admit more blacks/hispanics.  How is that fair?  Asians face racism and bigotry every day. Should an Asian kid who does everything "right" be held back because of his or her race?  How is that not outright racism?  To me, it is.

FWIW, I think a far better way to diversity campuses is based on socioeconomic status, which has a natural overlap with minority populations, but still helps give a leg up to the people who need it most.  All things constant, I'm not sure the Obama girls should get the same race-based preference as a kid from Southeast.[/quote]

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