athenaRising

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   by athenaRising 3y ago

   There's several Jewish ethnicities. The largest are Ashkenazi (Euro; 90% of American Jewry) and Mizrahi (MENA; majority of Israeli Jewry). Judaism is a religion, so people who aren't ethnically Jewish can convert, but it's al
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   by athenaRising 3y ago

   Like many white americans, my ancestors immigrated after Jim Crow and redlining were abolished
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   by athenaRising 3y ago

   If MIT rejected applicants with better profiles because of the URM checkbox, in some sense they didn't deserve to get in. I'm technically 1/4 Hispanic, but not at all Hispanic in any real sense. I forgot to check the box when
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   by athenaRising 3y ago

   Elite university admissions is zero sum. Harvard doesn't add a seat for race blind admissions for every seat given to affirmative action admits. Making it easier for group A to gain admission makes it harder for group B to gain admissi
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   by athenaRising 3y ago

   "Well, if we follow the meritocratic ideology that everyone has the same opportunities available to them, it would be a natural conclusion" - no, there's always endogenous interactions. Protected class identity isn't ran