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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]getting rid of affirmative action is not going to stop white people from thinking people of color are taking their spots. As a black person, I got a 168 on my LSAT. had a 3.8 GPA, worked 4 campus jobs, worked an internship EVERY summer and I still got shady comments from white students how they would be screwed compared to me because they were not minority. As if my qualifications were less. some of the folks saying this didn't even crack 160 or have a 3.5 GPA and barely did 1 internship.

In law school I was in top 8% of my class. but folks swore I was at the bottom taking job offers from y'all. 14 years into my career I'm a partner at a big law firm. Y'all would assume it is only for diversity reasons and overlook all the cases I won, big business I brought in and top billing. It's funny how folks use to clutch their pearls in disbelief that I was in the top 3 producing associates 7 consecutive years. Like it wasn't possible for a black person to do this. no matter what the merits are, white people love to ASSUME that no one else could ever possibly achieve more than them. So even without AA folks will still find a way to complain about people of color taking their jobs or getting into top universities. [/quote]

I am a black lawyer who did not do great on the LSAT. I am sure that I got into law school because of affirmative action. However, I finished in the top 5% of my class. Clearly, I deserved to be there. Personally, I don't care what white people think of me. I know that I am the CEO of a company and I'm pretty sure that given its success, it is not because I was a diversity hire, but because I'm damn good at what I do.[/quote]

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