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RandySF
Mar 2019
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SWBTATTReg
(22,156 posts)1. Amend!!! No one could have said it better! NT
TalenaGor
(1,104 posts)2. seriously....ffs
Nitram
(22,869 posts)3. Ain't it the truth? You can't help lower economic minorities get a leg up to level the
playing field, but no problem if the wealthy want to bribe their children's way into a good school on top of all the advantages they had to start with. that's the Republican Way.
calimary
(81,450 posts)4. Yes indeedy!
demigoddess
(6,644 posts)5. amen!!
Uncle Joe
(58,413 posts)6. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread Randy.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)7. No shit.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)8. He could have added legacy appointments, which dwaft all others. nt
iluvtennis
(19,870 posts)9. ppl need to remember affirmative action doesn't mean unqualified.
ppl need to remember affirmative action doesn't mean unqualified. It's just part of the over all equation - you have to still meet the acceptance criteria of the college/university. BTW, it's not often said, but white women have been the biggest benefactor of affirmative action.
oasis
(49,401 posts)10. Good point. nt