Harvard accused of discrimination

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Against Asian-Americans.
The complaint, filed by a coalition of 64 organizations, says the university has set quotas to keep the numbers of Asian-American students significantly lower than the quality of their applications merits. It cites third-party academic research on the SAT exam showing that Asian-Americans have to score on average about 140 points higher than white students, 270 points higher than Hispanic students and 450 points higher than African-American students to equal their chances of gaining admission to Harvard. The exam is scored on a 2400-point scale.

The complaint was filed with the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights.

“Many studies have indicated that Harvard University has been engaged in systemic and continuous discrimination against Asian-Americans during its very subjective ‘Holistic’ college admissions process,” the complaint alleges.
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“There is a lot of discrimination, and it hurts not just Asian-Americans, it hurts the whole country,” said Yukong Zhao, a 52-year-old Chinese-American author who helped organize the coalition. He said there are longtime stereotypes of Asian applicants’ being “not creative enough or risk-taking enough, but that’s not true.

I've heard a shitfucktonload of stereotypes in my life. Those two are not among them. This is still hilarious all around.
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Malcolm wrote:I've heard a shitfucktonload of stereotypes in my life. Those two are not among them. This is still hilarious all around.
Really? I've heard those a lot.
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TheCatt wrote:
Malcolm wrote:I've heard a shitfucktonload of stereotypes in my life. Those two are not among them. This is still hilarious all around.

Really? I've heard those a lot.

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TheCatt wrote: Against Asian-Americans.
The complaint, filed by a coalition of 64 organizations, says the university has set quotas to keep the numbers of Asian-American students significantly lower than the quality of their applications merits. It cites third-party academic research on the SAT exam showing that Asian-Americans have to score on average about 140 points higher than white students, 270 points higher than Hispanic students and 450 points higher than African-American students to equal their chances of gaining admission to Harvard. The exam is scored on a 2400-point scale.

The complaint was filed with the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights.

“Many studies have indicated that Harvard University has been engaged in systemic and continuous discrimination against Asian-Americans during its very subjective ‘Holistic’ college admissions process,” the complaint alleges.
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Supporters of affirmative action fear that if this case makes it to the nation's highest court, race-conscious admissions could be eliminated.
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GORDON wrote:
Supporters of affirmative action fear that if this case makes it to the nation's highest court, race-conscious admissions could be eliminated.
Uh oh.
Wish they'd hurry up so I can figure out if my kids are Hispanic or not :)
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I jokingly told my kid he was adopted, today.

Without missing a beat he said, "Good, it will help me get into college."

He already knows he's fucked because of his gender, sex, and color of his skin.
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GORDON wrote: He already knows he's fucked because of his gender, sex, and color of his skin.
All things he can decide to change on a whim.
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Good point.

Especially if in his admissions essay he talks about how his father was in the USMC and doesn't approve, but he has to follow his feminine heart....

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Appellate court says no problem

I would expect this to hit SCOTUS.
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