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My rejection letter did not tell me how much my race/ethnicity affected the decision. So how is it any different?

• KirinDave 8y ago
  Probably because Affirmative Action doesn't have direct influence on rejections, only admissions. But if you think publicly funded colleges should have 100% transparent admission standards, I'm behind you all the way. They should!
  • dingo_bat 8y ago
    > doesn't have direct influence on rejections, only admissions. What bullshit. Accepting someone underqualified means rejecting someone perfectly qualified, by definition. > But if you think publicly funded colleges should have 100% transparent admission standards I think all colleges should have transparent standards. Publicly funded ones should have fair and non-racist transparent standards.
    • KirinDave 8y ago
      > What bullshit. Accepting someone underqualified means rejecting someone perfectly qualified, by definition. Ah yes, because college admission caps are not at all arbitrary and never change. > Publicly funded ones should have fair and non-racist transparent standards. Careful there with your language. Racism is an institutional proposition, discrimination is an individual one. So long as "white" (whatever that means) Americans hold the majority of political and economic power in America, the conditions for "racism" don't exist except in the most degenerate dictionary sense of the word.
      • dingo_bat 8y ago
        No. Racist means discrimination based on race.