When's Bush going to stop Aff Action for rich white kids like him?

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mistertrickster (437 posts) Jan-15-03, 11:57 PM (ET) When's Bush going to stop Aff Action for rich white kids like him? Is there any doubt that Mr. C Student would have ever gotten into Yale if his last name wasn't "Bush"? Let's stop affirmative action for the priviliged first; then we can worry about the "unfair" help to minorities . . .   Alert Edit | Reply | Top

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Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    I second that. Clete Jan-16-03 1  Reporters are actually asking that question sadiesmom Jan-16-03 2    Ari the Liar refused to answer it kskiska 01/16/2003 3  Twenty to twenty-five percent Lydia Leftcoast Jan-16-03 4  How would he do that? n/t Yupster Jan-16-03 5  What many people don't know is... battleknight24 Jan-16-03 6  If this was a thread about the draft repeater138 Jan-16-03 7  Here's another question Stephanie Jan-16-03 8  Yep- end legacy first- then we will explore ending AA Dr Fate Jan-16-03 9

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Clete (2106 posts) Jan-16-03, 00:01 AM (ET) 1. I second that. Imagine, if he had to go through the same admissions requirements as real mortals and weren't admitted to Yale, then there's a chance we wouldn't have him for President. I love my country...but I fear my government.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

sadiesmom (169 posts) Jan-16-03, 00:11 AM (ET) 2. Reporters are actually asking that question They are not dwelling on it, just asking. I am a Democrat.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

kskiska (8702 posts) Jan-16-03, 00:16 AM (ET) Reply to post #2 3. Ari the Liar refused to answer it at the W.H. briefing. It was brought up on a number of programs tonight, but was never really addressed.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

Lydia Leftcoast (5448 posts) Jan-16-03, 00:21 AM (ET) 4. Twenty to twenty-five percent of Yale students get in under the affirmative action program for dumb rich kids. I taught some of them when I was a TA. What if FDR had been afraid of alienating the moderates?   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

Yupster (302 posts) Jan-16-03, 00:21 AM (ET) 5. How would he do that? n/t n/t   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

battleknight24 (77 posts) Jan-16-03, 02:04 AM (ET) 6. What many people don't know is... ... a disproportionate number of kids in Ivy League and other elite schools come from wealthy private high schools, where the majority, if not all, the students are white, priviliged, and upper class, whose parents work for rich, influential corporations. I read an article in either Forbes, Money, Fortune... one of those financial magazines... and they did a study that confirmed this. "The feeder system is alive and well" they said. Elite Universities also have a preference towards wealthy students, since they don't have to rely on scholarships or financial aid.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

repeater138 (586 posts) Jan-16-03, 02:10 AM (ET) 7. If this was a thread about the draft people would be arguing that this is good becuase it makes minorities angry. Oh wait...   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

Stephanie (609 posts) Jan-16-03, 02:15 AM (ET) 8. Here's another question How does a college create a diverse student body if admissions are color-blind? What about sex? Is it permissible to balance the M/F ratio? Is it permissible to IDENTIFY the sex of the applicant? What about strengths? If a law school admits more people with higher verbal scores than higher science/math scores, could the science/math people sue?   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

Dr Fate (4480 posts) Jan-16-03, 08:47 AM (ET) 9. Yep- end legacy first- then we will explore ending AA   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

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