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I think people are getting too caught up in the specific places I mentioned. I could have just as easily have been talking about Nantucket, Sedona, or Jackson Hole. The point wasn't about the beach or skiing. The point was about the gathering places of the wealthy in America. These places are dominated by Americans, not immigrants. Some of it has been explained by some of the posters here, but not all of it.
I agree that there are wealthy white enclaves around America, but that really has little to do with the statistics cited at the beginning of the thread.
I think people are getting too caught up in the specific places I mentioned. I could have just as easily have been talking about Nantucket, Sedona, or Jackson Hole. The point wasn't about the beach or skiing. The point was about the gathering places of the wealthy in America. These places are dominated by Americans, not immigrants. Some of it has been explained by some of the posters here, but not all of it.
Maybe you're missing what many of us are pointing out. People have vacation preferences. Your examples are vacation spots of some wealthy people, particularly those similar to you. For well-off immigrants, there are often other places on their vacation list. People spend their money where, when and how they want to...
I think people are getting too caught up in the specific places I mentioned. I could have just as easily have been talking about Nantucket, Sedona, or Jackson Hole. The point wasn't about the beach or skiing. The point was about the gathering places of the wealthy in America. These places are dominated by Americans, not immigrants. Some of it has been explained by some of the posters here, but not all of it.
Another poster commented about the social aspect of it, and I think there's some truth to that. You've been going to the Hamptons for 18 years, you have a social circle there. You probably also have friends that go to Sedona, Nantucket and Jackson Hole.
I grew up in Queens, but my parents were middle-class immigrants, so "the Hamptons" never really meant much to me or anyone I knew. And now, even though we're making an order of magnitude more than my parents ever did, places like the Hamptons and Aspen still haven't been on our radar. We have been thinking about going to Park City next season, but mostly because a professional colleague suggested that it was convenient. It's not a vacation spot that we've heard any of our friends mention.
I'm not worried about that. I'm only concerned about making sure Jim Crow doesn't come back and discrimination ends.
A lot of people are worried about it. Why is it okay for Asians to make the most money b ut not okay for whites to even be in 2nd? Is it okay with you to end affirmative action?
I'm not worried about that. I'm only concerned about making sure Jim Crow doesn't come back and discrimination ends.
Yes, I agree with you. No Jim Crow and an end to discrimination like in college admissions!
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controlling for other variables, Asian students applying to highly selective private colleges face odds against their admission three times as high as whites, six times as high as Hispanics, and sixteen times as high as blacks. To put it another way: Asians need SAT scores 140 points higher than whites, 270 points higher than Hispanics, and an incredible 450 points higher than blacks (out of 1,600 points) to get into these schools. An Asian applicant with an SAT score of 1,500, that is, has the same chance of being accepted as a white student with a 1,360, a Latino with a 1,230, or an African-American with a 1,050. Among candidates in the highest (1,400–1,600) SAT range, 77 percent of blacks, 48 percent of Hispanics, 40 percent of whites, and only 30 percent of Asians are admitted.
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