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Axtremus
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Gen Z's parents: "When I was a kid, I had to walk to school in the snow, uphill both ways!"

Asian Gen Z to their kids: "Whan I was a kid I had to fight to get into Harvard against pre-SFFA Affirmative Action!"

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Existing Asian Ivy Leaguers to class of 2028+ Asian Ivy Leaguers: "I smarter than you; I got in pre-SFFA."


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And in the "gee, no one saw this coming" category, a group of Harvard students have filed a complaint because Harvard favors economically advantage children of alumni during admissions.


I think the only entity against this is Harvard itself.

Students For Fair Admissions, the plaintiff that took on Harvard’s anti-Asian discrimination and won, actually suggested in the filing itself that Harvard could easily increase diversity by boosting admissions scores based on SES and eliminating faculty and legacy preferences altogether.


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Nina
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And in the "gee, no one saw this coming" category, a group of Harvard students have filed a complaint because Harvard favors economically advantage children of alumni during admissions.


I think the only entity against this is Harvard itself.

Students For Fair Admissions, the plaintiff that took on Harvard’s anti-Asian discrimination and won, actually suggested in the filing itself that Harvard could easily increase diversity by boosting admissions scores based on SES and eliminating faculty and legacy preferences altogether.


Agreed. It doesn't solve all the injustice involved in higher education, but it's a big step forward--just as Affirmative Action for federal contractors doesn't solve all the issues involving protected classes an employment, but it is another step forward.
 
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He Worked for Years to Overturn Affirmative Action and Finally Won. He’s Not Done.

Edward Blum’s latest victory at the Supreme Court is the culmination of a long fight to take race out of college admissions. Is the workplace next?


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/0...ive-action-race.html


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He does make some good points, but he lost me when he said he doesn't believe in systemic racism.
 
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