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Old 08-04-2017, 11:56 AM
 
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Harvard is a private school. They can have whatever admissions policy they want.
They are a private school that got wealthy from public funds... or are you suggesting we cut off financial assistance for private universities?

 
Old 08-04-2017, 11:57 AM
 
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So you are advocating quotas by race ? What if I am multi-racial ? If Detroit is 80% black should the the city employees be 80% black ? What if the group is a political party ? That whole road is not one the US should go down.
I'm not advocating quotas per se, but we've long been down that road for decades and generations and just pointing out that Asians are getting a damn good quota, way better than the one whites and anyone else is getting. They have little to complain about.

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As for Harvard, if they are sued by the DOJ for Admissions Bias and stop the practice of admissions by ethnicity, the university is going to be 80% + Asians. That is good for the hard working Asian kids - not so much for creating a diverse learning environment.
I doubt it. Asian might go from 20% to around 40% and whites would stay at about the same level.
 
Old 08-04-2017, 11:58 AM
 
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are Asian Americans not an ethnic minority?
 
Old 08-04-2017, 12:03 PM
 
Location: Seoul
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From what I read the Asian students are the ones who are hurt by Affirmative Action even more. They have the highest test scores and GPA and thus are the ones who get the sharpest end of the stick when it comes to college admissions
 
Old 08-04-2017, 12:59 PM
 
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I'll say the same exact thing to the Asian Americans in on this lawsuit. Get over it. I know whites AND Asian Americans are used to being the pretty girls in the room but that's changing and I'm glad for it.
I'm with you.

As long as the entry requirements and standards are the the same across the board, if one can't cut it to enter Harvard, go elsewhere
 
Old 08-04-2017, 01:00 PM
 
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are Asian Americans not an ethnic minority?
Shhhhh! They don't count when it comes to college admissions.
 
Old 08-04-2017, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Suburb of Chicago
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are Asian Americans not an ethnic minority?
Asians are not in the URM category (under represented minority).

They're not included when discussing discrimination in academia or the workforce because they're getting into universities based on their grades, and getting jobs based on the schools they attended, etc.
 
Old 08-04-2017, 02:13 PM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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are lefties not leftist ?

Plurality does not matter to the context of an individual response.
I called you out on your ignorant post. Deal with it.
 
Old 08-04-2017, 02:15 PM
 
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Harvard is a private school. They can have whatever admissions policy they want.
Some businesses are privately held. They can serve whomever they want.

Same thing. You're good with that, right?
 
Old 08-04-2017, 02:25 PM
 
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The problem with the ivy schools the application is standard is very low now how many news reports there is when some kid latino or black been accepted in 5 or 6 ivy schools I know some of these kids are smart but not that smart. Schools must rise the standard and only if Asian and whites get in then so be it getting in the schools should not be based on your skin color or surname that is liberal racism!!
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