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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought below was an interesting perspective from a Yahoo poster.  Usually Yahoo comments are despicably racist but I thought this comment was interesting even though I disagree on one of his opinions.

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WJ Alden • 17 hours ago
As a private university, Harvard should have the right o admit whomever it wants. Of course most people at Harvard don't think businesses should have the right to hire whomever they want, so I guess they can't use that argument.

However, while Asians in the US may do better, on average, than non-Asians, they do not outperform the rest of us to a degree that suggests they should be >20% of Ivy League student bodies. Whether in politics, business, or culture, the evidence just isn't there. Are universities supposed to stick purely to grades and test scores - on which Asians do really, really well - to decide whom to admit, or can they look at post-college performance to understand that those aren't great predictors of our future elite?

If you look at just grades and test scores you could probably make a strong case that elite universities are discriminating against Asians. [b]A look at post-college success, though, greatly weakens the case.[/b]

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But that is also because upper management in Corporate America is still largely white/male and continue to discriminate.  This is an issue for white women is as well.  Unfortunately, we are not a color blind society, not sure we will ever be.  But one would like to think that a vaunted univ. like Harvard would be able to rise above racism.  However, given its history regarding discrimination of Jews, I guess that's too much to ask for.[/quote]

Interesting you only consider "upper management" as a measure of success.. how about being an Olympian, or curing cancer, or started a new company, or winning a Pulitzer, or winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

If J.K. Rowling were Asian they would not have published her books?

The problem is the law of diminishing return with respect to IQ.[/quote]
Winning a Nobel prize? The vast majority of the winners are Jews, the very whom you whites discriminated against. 
Funny that when you need them they are counted as white, and when you don't, you send them to gas chambers.
Really convenient![/quote]

Wow! Jews also make really good psychiatrists, you should go see one... soon. There are a dozen or so right in Bethesda.
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