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Actually it's Jewish advantage at ivy league schools. We can't consider jews white only when it's beneficial to our narrative

Draco_Au 9y ago
Go fly a kite buddy.
eesmith 9y ago
For decades there was a policy to limit the number of Jews accepted to the ivy league. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-ivy-leagues-history-of-discriminating-against-jews-2014-12?r=US&IR=T http://www.businessinsider.com/the-ivy-leagues-history-of-di... : > Here's how Karabel sums up the new changes approved in 1926, which would effectively allow the Harvard administration to limit its Jewish student population: > The committee decisively rejected an admissions policy based on scholarship alone, stating that "it is neither feasible nor desirable to raise the standards of the College so high that none but brilliant scholars can enter" while stipulating that "the standards ought never to be so high for serious and ambitious students of average intelligence." > When the faculty formally approved the report eight days later, Lowell was further elated, for they also approved measures making the admissions process even more subjective. In particular, the faculty called on [Committee on Admissions chairman Henry Pennypacker] to interview as many applicants as possible to gather additional information on "character and fitness and the promise of the greatest usefulness in the future as a result of a Harvard education." Henceforth, declared the faculty, a passport-sized photo would be "required as an essential part of the application for admissions." > Elite colleges also began to use legacy admissions during this period — giving preference to children of alumni — in order to maintain a predominantly Protestant student body, Karabel explains.
- hduwvzvshsuz 9y ago
  Harvard is 25% Jewish bud. Sorry but you're wrong. They make up like 1% of the population if that
  - eesmith 9y ago
    I am not your buddy, and you cannot read. I wrote "For decades there was a policy" and if you follow and read the link the immediately following text is "These policies eventually died out in the 1950s, as World War II veterans began to enter college on the GI Bill." Since you brought up "the narrative", you must certainly know that narratives change over time. I mentioned this to show that the narrative which once excluded Jews from the Ivy League has indeed changed, and Jews are now treated more "white" than they used to be. For that matter, Finnish people are now treated as 100% white, when a century ago many Europeans and Americans considered them to be Mongolians and thus Asian - "China Swedes" in American slang - and some wanted them to be subject to the Asian Exclusion Act.
  - jklein11 9y ago
    Sorry bud, but according to hillel.org its about half of that[1]. Admittedly that is the higher than the percentage of the US population, which is between 1-3%[2] depending on how you count. 1. http://www.hillel.org/college-guide/list/record/harvard-university http://www.hillel.org/college-guide/list/record/harvard-univ... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews

Draco_Au 9y ago

Go fly a kite buddy.

eesmith 9y ago

For decades there was a policy to limit the number of Jews accepted to the ivy league. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-ivy-leagues-history-of-discriminating-against-jews-2014-12?r=US&IR=T http://www.businessinsider.com/the-ivy-leagues-history-of-di... : > Here's how Karabel sums up the new changes approved in 1926, which would effectively allow the Harvard administration to limit its Jewish student population: > The committee decisively rejected an admissions policy based on scholarship alone, stating that "it is neither feasible nor desirable to raise the standards of the College so high that none but brilliant scholars can enter" while stipulating that "the standards ought never to be so high for serious and ambitious students of average intelligence." > When the faculty formally approved the report eight days later, Lowell was further elated, for they also approved measures making the admissions process even more subjective. In particular, the faculty called on [Committee on Admissions chairman Henry Pennypacker] to interview as many applicants as possible to gather additional information on "character and fitness and the promise of the greatest usefulness in the future as a result of a Harvard education." Henceforth, declared the faculty, a passport-sized photo would be "required as an essential part of the application for admissions." > Elite colleges also began to use legacy admissions during this period — giving preference to children of alumni — in order to maintain a predominantly Protestant student body, Karabel explains.

hduwvzvshsuz 9y ago
Harvard is 25% Jewish bud. Sorry but you're wrong. They make up like 1% of the population if that
- eesmith 9y ago
  I am not your buddy, and you cannot read. I wrote "For decades there was a policy" and if you follow and read the link the immediately following text is "These policies eventually died out in the 1950s, as World War II veterans began to enter college on the GI Bill." Since you brought up "the narrative", you must certainly know that narratives change over time. I mentioned this to show that the narrative which once excluded Jews from the Ivy League has indeed changed, and Jews are now treated more "white" than they used to be. For that matter, Finnish people are now treated as 100% white, when a century ago many Europeans and Americans considered them to be Mongolians and thus Asian - "China Swedes" in American slang - and some wanted them to be subject to the Asian Exclusion Act.
- jklein11 9y ago
  Sorry bud, but according to hillel.org its about half of that[1]. Admittedly that is the higher than the percentage of the US population, which is between 1-3%[2] depending on how you count. 1. http://www.hillel.org/college-guide/list/record/harvard-university http://www.hillel.org/college-guide/list/record/harvard-univ... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews