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minus-squarequeermunist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago“I want to attend your school just like my grandfather” = This is fine “I want to attend your school because my grandfather wasn’t allowed to” = This is not Think about that for a second.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoLegacy admissions shouldn’t be a thing either, imo. It should be 100% about merit.
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minus-squarequeermunist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoAbsolutely. And until that’s the case, there’s a clear double standard that benefits white people.
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minus-squarequeermunist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoThis is a bad take. Racial admissions existed to counter the other injustice - an imperfect solution to the inherent racism of legacy admissions. Now that affirmative action has ended, the injustice of legacy admissions has been made even worse. Racism is now the law. And it will never end.
“I want to attend your school just like my grandfather” = This is fine
“I want to attend your school because my grandfather wasn’t allowed to” = This is not
Think about that for a second.
Legacy admissions shouldn’t be a thing either, imo. It should be 100% about merit.
Wait is this actually a thing?
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Absolutely.
And until that’s the case, there’s a clear double standard that benefits white people.
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This is a bad take.
Racial admissions existed to counter the other injustice - an imperfect solution to the inherent racism of legacy admissions.
Now that affirmative action has ended, the injustice of legacy admissions has been made even worse. Racism is now the law.
And it will never end.