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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the motives of people who advocated for these changes?[/quote]

Here's my cynical take.  I'm also white, FWTW.

White, affluent people in their 40s and 50s remember the days when they could get into great colleges, get into the magnet schools, and receive lots of accolades without putting in that much effort.  Asians show up and start dominating everything because they're doing weekend schooling and generally working harder.  White people feel like their kids deserve to get into schools like TJ and win academic awards based on their kids' raw aptitude, even if there are a lot of Asian kids who are technically at a higher achievement level.  They don't want their kids to do extra schooling or need to work harder, but they know they can't otherwise keep up with the Asian kids.  So, the solution is to eliminate any advantages that would be gained from working harder.

[b]The goal is not and never has been to increase URM participation.  It's to increase the number of white kids at TJ.  It's also to make bright, white kids who do minimal supplementation look every bit as competitive as the Asian kids who are doing a lot of academic enrichment.  URMs are just being used as a tool. [/b] 
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I think this process started long ago with the "holistic" admission at colleges.  That's code for "enough of the Asians, let's figure out how to get more Whites in".   Take a step back and think.  How does an essay or two about the kid's life in ANY WAY reflect merit or ability to finish college and contribute to society?  How do you even know it was the kid that wrote that essay?  I don't think the AOs are smart enough to figure that out as is often claimed.  If they have the ability accurately determine if an essay was written by the student, they would be minting money working for the CIA or FBI, not reading essays in the middle of nowhere.

I don't think it's possible to get this data but if you were to get the admission files of all the college predators and douche-bags, you will find excellent essays, community service and leadership ECs, all orchestrated by privileged parents.   [/quote]

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