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Seems like this statement might need a little support to make its point without being inflammatory, or worse inaccurate. edit: typo

jonathanyc 6y ago
That a supposed lack of personality was used as cover for discrimination against Jewish applicants to universities is well-known. I’m not sure why you’d express concern over that reference being inflammatory ex nihilo. There are citations for that point specifically in this article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._Harvard https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions... > Harvard itself found a bias against Asian-American applicants in an internal investigation in 2013, but had never made the findings public or acted on them.[1] Plaintiffs and commentators have compared thetreatment of Asians with the Jewish quota in place in the early 20th century, which used deficient personalities as the reason for excluding Jews in elite universities.[4][1] - https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvards-asian-quotas-repeat-an-ugly-history-11570575962 https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvards-asian-quotas-repeat-an... - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/harvard-asian-enrollment-applicants.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/harvard-asian-enrollme...
renewiltord 6y ago
The "well-rounded" fraud against Jewish-Americans is one of the most well-established direct educational discrimination of recent US history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Lawrence_Lowell#Admissions_and_Jewish_quota_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Lawrence_Lowell#Admissions_... Lowell wanted a quota, but couldn't get it and introduced this well-roundedness thing and weirdly and totally coincidentally Jewish people found themselves unable to match up. Turns out they were all one-dimensional human beings less skilled at all those other things White Americans were capable at. It is sheer good fortune Lowell was there to rescue us from these nerdy egg-heads. Close one.

jonathanyc 6y ago

That a supposed lack of personality was used as cover for discrimination against Jewish applicants to universities is well-known. I’m not sure why you’d express concern over that reference being inflammatory ex nihilo. There are citations for that point specifically in this article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._Harvard https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions... > Harvard itself found a bias against Asian-American applicants in an internal investigation in 2013, but had never made the findings public or acted on them.[1] Plaintiffs and commentators have compared thetreatment of Asians with the Jewish quota in place in the early 20th century, which used deficient personalities as the reason for excluding Jews in elite universities.[4][1] - https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvards-asian-quotas-repeat-an-ugly-history-11570575962 https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvards-asian-quotas-repeat-an... - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/harvard-asian-enrollment-applicants.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/harvard-asian-enrollme...

renewiltord 6y ago

The "well-rounded" fraud against Jewish-Americans is one of the most well-established direct educational discrimination of recent US history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Lawrence_Lowell#Admissions_and_Jewish_quota_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Lawrence_Lowell#Admissions_... Lowell wanted a quota, but couldn't get it and introduced this well-roundedness thing and weirdly and totally coincidentally Jewish people found themselves unable to match up. Turns out they were all one-dimensional human beings less skilled at all those other things White Americans were capable at. It is sheer good fortune Lowell was there to rescue us from these nerdy egg-heads. Close one.