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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We went to a few ivies because the DDs school admissions officer thought she should and DD decided that she didn’t like the vibe, or the size, and didn’t apply to any Ivies. Asian kid, 1 year pre Supreme Court decision, so the deck was stacked again and she really didn’t stand a chance.  Better for her that she didn’t set her heart on it. So visiting some Ivies WAS helpful, in a backwards way. [/quote]

Your child doesn’t have the deck stacked against her. Going to Binghamton instead of Yale isn’t a hardship. There are kids who really have the deck stacked against them - born into generational poverty, a parent with substance abuse, a parent incarcerated, violent homes/communities, homeless, food insecure. Just stop already.[/quote]and yet those who got in the ivies are Nigerian doctor’s kids and Obama’s daughters instead of kids you mentioned. When are we gonna stop lying about “equity “?[/quote]

Even if those kids don't get into Yale or Harvard, it is THOSE kids who have life stacked against them.  Majority of kids on DCUM (ie parents posting on DCUM) are privileged and don't really know what it's like to experience a rough, challenging life and to have the deck of life stacked against them.  the fact their parent is concerned about what college they attend shows they have the support to go far in life. [/quote]
So what’s wrong for PP to claim the unfair disadvantage by ivies? Only one group of people can be disadvantaged?[/quote]

Just because American college admissions isn’t like college admissions in your country of origin doesn’t make it “unfair”.[/quote]
I’m an American.[/quote]

You may be, but that is the psychology behind the argument.[/quote]
What’s so special about American college admissions? Racist?[/quote]

You can engage in wordplay all you want, but to say an Asian student applying to college is “disadvantaged” or has the “deck stacked against them” is absurd and lacking in insight and almost insensitive when compared to kids who really have the deck stacked against them. I would include in that group recent child migrants who have no idea how difficult life will be for them as undocumented people.[/quote]

Wow, talk about racial stereotyping here. All Asians are rich and have tiger parents? All blacks are poor and come from generational poverty? [/quote]

No, I live in NYC. I know who these parents are and I know their demographics. And no, I don't think all blacks are poor and come from generational poverty. My DH is POC and my FIL was an MD. But thank you for playing![/quote]

So if you live in NYC you are aware that Asians have the highest poverty rate out of all racial groups in NYC. [/quote]

Not true. [/quote]
Asian immigrants in NYC yes, and there are a lot of them.[/quote]

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