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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]For the point of this discussion, any racism against black people would only enter into it if Admissions Committees were looking at a black kid with a 3.8 and a white kid with a 3.3, and because of racism, they give the nod to the so-so white kid and show the high-achieving black kid the door. But as it stands now, Admissions Committees are doing the opposite: favoring "so-so" black kids over high-achieving whites.

Let's just take race out of it. Kids with higher scores and grades, complemented by impressive extracurricular activities such as Student Body President or editor of the high school newspaper, get in over less-qualified kids. Race should not be a factor.[/quote]

No college is taking a kid that would struggle academically unless that kid has the money to pay out of pocket.

Race only becomes a factor when you have 5000 applicants who are approximately equal in terms of motivation and academic ability and someone says, "Well we can't just pick the white ones." It is really absurd to insist that academically superior white students are being forced to go to community college because sub-par black students are taking their spots at university. Anyone saying that this is the outcome of Affirmative Action is lying. [/quote]

True. This is much ado about nothing. While in principle I don’t agree with built in bias, why not give give minorities some love in the “bubble” areas of admission into college? Something has to be a deciding factor. May as well be race and gender. Us white guys have had advantages for a loooonnnggg time. [/quote]

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