Michelle was an African studies major at Princeton. I assume that is the same as the Ethnic studies program that we have at the University of WA. The course is a joke. One of the classes at the U of WA was entitled Minorities in the Military. The whole course requirement was to write a paper about how someone in your family was treated in the military. I suggested to a student that she write about her uncle’s experience during the Bataan March. She said that wasn’t the kind of experience that they were looking for.
The girl that I know got into law school as well. Her roommate was mad because she was a full blooded Indian, whose father was the VP of a bank, and she didn’t get in to U. WA. because she wasn’t an affirmative action student. Her parents were paying full tuition. She did get a late acceptance, though.
I was secretary to one of those programs for over 20 years. Some courses were okay, some were not. Kids took them to get a good mark without having to do a whole lot of work.