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Justice Department sides with Asian-Americans suing Harvard over admissions policy
CNN ^ | 08/30/2018 | David Shortell

Posted on 08/30/2018 9:57:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: ckilmer

“Whites are already under 50% at harvard.
With this ruling white european stock people will dwindle to 10-25%.”

It will put unbearable pressure on left-wing white ruling class members whose kids now can’t get into Ivy League schools. That could break affirmative action.


21 posted on 08/30/2018 10:52:56 AM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: SeekAndFind

Any academic degrees/certificates/licenses/etc. awarded to individuals who benefited from so called “affirmative action” should be marked “AA” in big, bold letters. After all, affirmative action is a good thing right???


22 posted on 08/30/2018 11:06:53 AM PDT by utax
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To: SeekAndFind

What? caucasians don’t count?


23 posted on 08/30/2018 11:11:39 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Cynicism is the only refuge in a world that is determined to eliminate itself.)
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To: dfwgator
“I don’t care if every seat is filled by an Asian if they’ve earned the right to be there.” - Then California Governor Ronald Reagan

Part of the Harvard problem is if you fill Harvard with Asians, the "white" alumni that donates hundreds of millions of dollars to the university might cut back on donations.
Harvard has to do a balancing act to keep the white alumni funding coming in. -Tom

24 posted on 08/30/2018 11:20:39 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: ckilmer
Whites are already under 50% at harvard. With this ruling white european stock people will dwindle to 10-25%.

The rules that discriminate against qualified Asians also discriminate against qualified whites. White students don't get "diversity" points in place of grades and test scores, those are reserved for blacks and Hispanics. The irony is that under their racial quota system, the mediocre or dim son of a Nigerian oil billionaire or of a tinpot Latin American strongman would be favored over either a white or Chinese math wiz with working or middle class parents.

25 posted on 08/30/2018 11:32:36 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: ek_hornbeck

If a university takes any federal money, it cannot look at the race or ethnicity or sexual orientation of a candidate.

No names, no pictures, no race, religion, etc.

Look purely at academic credentials.


26 posted on 08/30/2018 11:42:34 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is now a hate-group)
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To: ModelBreaker
IIRC, Ted Kennedy was trying to ban schools from doing "legacy" admissions.

Probably trying to get back at schools accepting kids at the same "academic percentile" as his own famdamnily, but the schools were willing to accept such if they had family that were willing to spring for an "above" average donation.

The Kennedys, OTOH, are known to throw their own quarters around like manhole covers. Not only jealous of the competition, but vindictively irate as well.

27 posted on 08/30/2018 11:50:56 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: FLT-bird

As one of the 24% of Jews who voted for Trump (and I voted for him in the Michigan primary, too!), I agree with this statement.

If Asians’ or Jews’ mommies told them once “Dems are for the little guy and the less fortunate, GOP are just for big corporations and are racists who are biased like Father Coughlin” that does not mean they have to agree with mommy all the rest of their lives.

To be an adolescent and not a socialist means you have no heart but to remain a socialist as an adult means you have no brain!


28 posted on 08/30/2018 12:01:33 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End noncitizen & illegals voting & leftist media news censorship or we're finished.)
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To: frank ballenger

Game the system. If Shaun King can be African American, so can I.


29 posted on 08/30/2018 12:15:04 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: ckilmer

I don’t think it will matter. I’ll bet the whites who graduate from Harvard have the same twisted world view as other races.


30 posted on 08/30/2018 12:19:09 PM PDT by poconopundit (MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
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To: AppyPappy

Perish the thought that a FReeper would do anything to game a corrupt system. Go for it!


31 posted on 08/30/2018 12:22:11 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End noncitizen & illegals voting & leftist media news censorship or we're finished.)
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To: Capt. Tom

But if the government forces Harvard to no longer discriminate based on race, then the rich donors can’t complain.

And I’m not worried about Harvard’s endowment. It’s huge.


32 posted on 08/30/2018 12:22:48 PM PDT by poconopundit (MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

“If a university takes any federal money, it cannot look at the race or ethnicity or sexual orientation of a candidate.”

or religion.

How many evangelicals do you think are admitted to Harvard?


33 posted on 08/30/2018 1:02:22 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: itsahoot

Elizabeth Warren - Squaw or Squatter? Affirmative action squatter. You decide.


34 posted on 08/31/2018 6:40:31 AM PDT by dennisw
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