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BF: how affirmative action in college admissions for white rich kids works (spoiler: it's called "college admissions") professor zovek Mar 13, 11:13

Counting white guys wearing salmon shorts not very scientific. Actually whites and Hispanics are underrepresented. Blacks and Asians over. PhoneHome Mar 13, 12:44

Looking at white people on the whole isn't very scientific either. The outcome of university enrolment policies such as legacy admissions, RogerMore Mar 13, 14:09

This is data from the 2010 census. Also, doesn't differentiate between the top 50 universities, and all the community colleges. {nm} Antibody Mar 13, 14:30

Ok, let's go with 2017 students at Ivy League schools only. 44% white, 20% Asian, 12% Latino, 9% Black, 4% Mixed Race. Source Inside. PhoneHome Mar 13, 19:42

But again off point. Fifty people broke the law in an egregious manner under the illusion that they're helping their child, PhoneHome Mar 13, 19:54

It's off point to focus on 50 individuals who broke the rules, while ignoring how those rules give preferential access to RogerMore Mar 14, 07:20

Exactly! This was a disgusting, incomprehensible abuse of their wealth! We are on the same page. {nm} PhoneHome Mar 14, 09:00

And yes, the system is clearly broken. It should be more merit based, and not about privilege. But this group was falsifying merit. PhoneHome Mar 14, 09:39

The point has completely to do with the privilege that white people have enjoyed in this country just because of the color of their skin. {nm} Antibody Mar 14, 08:11

This was about several immoral crooks abusing their wealth. About some rich people being rich, not white people being white. PhoneHome Mar 14, 09:30

>90% of these crooks are white. What's racist is the denial of where the majority of wealth is concentrated and how the systems Antibody Mar 14, 09:59

My issue is the incessant attempts at making racial issues out of non-racial situations. PhoneHome Mar 14, 12:17

But that's not the point. These perpetrators, regardless of race abandoned morals because their ego and pride became more important than PhoneHome Mar 13, 13:13

All Cheaters Matter {nm} professor zovek Mar 13, 13:29

if you are trying to be realistic and make a point or story about this then you must look at the REJECTION demographics chipshot Mar 14, 10:37

It's in the article Antibody Mar 14, 10:59

i don't read anywhere that of "of the applicants, 30% were Black and we only admitted 9%.... {nm} chipshot Mar 14, 11:04

In their minds, anecdotal evidence and one person's opinions or musings trumps data and facts. {nm} PhoneHome Mar 14, 16:18