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Re: Princeton University's Admissions of Racism

• deleted 6y ago
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• hirundo 6y ago
  Princeton may respond that they admitted not to individual racism but to systemic racism. This either means that they have nobody to list on the demanded spreadsheet of victims, or that they must list almost every POC that applied for a job or admission, accepted or not. If they do believe that systemic racism is not enough to have violated their terms of federal of funding then they don't believe that such racism amounts to much and it discounts their confession. Since the whole problem may go poof after the election I'd expect them to wait out the clock. But that could put the Biden administration in a tight spot. Do they give Princeton a pass for admitted racism, of any sort? Their Princeton alumni donors have deep pockets but their anti-racist supporters have great numbers. I wonder if justices and alumni Sotomayor and Kagan would feel the need to recuse themselves if this case reached them.
• benmmurphy 6y ago
  If this is deliberate policy from the Whitehouse then I think it’s an own goal. They are ceding to the vision of their opponents in order for some short term pwnage.
  • edbob 6y ago
    How so? I think it's more than fair to ask an "opponent" to practice what they preach. If Princeton believes that Princeton is systematically racist, then it seems logical that they should be systematically defunded. Taking Princeton's admission of guilt at face value means just that and nothing more, certainly nothing like accepting all of the claims of Critical Race Theory.