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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s hard.  My husband and I are URM and people have always questioned the schools we went to, ivy and top 20.  [b]It almost feels like you have to work even harder to prove that you achieved anything on merit.  As much assume affirmative action, we were both top of our respective high school class and he was top of his college class (phi beta kappa)  before going to ivy law school with multiple ECs and national awards etc.  Yet, people always assume that we only got there bc of affirmative action.[/b]  Now, even in biglaw, it still doesn’t end.  Other partners and associates can graduate from random place whereas every URM has to be from a better law school to be at the same firm.  It never ends. [/quote]

Bolded is the same for legacy admits, recruited athletes, regardless of whether they had stats etc. Welcome to the club.[/quote]

I don't think these experiences are comparable. Once one has graduated, how would anyone know if the person was an athlete or legacy (assuming their name isn't Roosevelt, Obama, Harriman, etc.)? If one is a URM, I would assume the issue would extend far beyond university because people can see that you present as Black or your last name is "Latino" or whatever. I am a white lady who supports AA in college admissions and in hiring. But I imagine that one of the unintended consequences of AA is that snarky assumption that AA played a role in *everyone's* achievements if they are a URM. One shouldn't have to be a brilliant mind like Condoleezza Rice or Vernon Jordan to be assumed to be worthy of one's position in competitive environments.[/quote]

If you have a quirky last name, and I Google your first and last name, your dad’s tech VP bio comes up. I search your dad’s name and it just so happens he went to the same college you attend! Then, I Google his full name, and it comes up pics of you and him at a “gala.” Legacy.

Rinse, repeat. [/quote]

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