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Hard fact about college,

NCD — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 04:11:46 +0000

In reply to Hard Truths About College Admissions and Affirmative Action

Hard fact about college, graduate program admissions:

Far too often inscrutable, biased, enigmatic, abstruse, puzzling, opaque and invariably secretive in execution.

A young man who decides to illegally and unilaterally upend and expose the operation of the nations national security system, set up and run under strictures from all three branches of our government, is a hero to millions of Americans.

A young woman, who for whatever personal reasons, questions the admissions policy of one institution of higher learning, legally through the courts, is attacked on her motives, personally assailed as to her right to do so, and denounced for trying to upend not just 50 years of racial progress, but progress dating back to the Civil War.

She has every right to do so, and maybe more students should demand courts expose and render opinions on what goes on in those admissions committee boardrooms.

Wasn't a possible outcome of

rmrd0000 — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:38:17 +0000

In reply to You seem to have had a

Wasn't a possible outcome of the Fisher lawsuit the end of any consideration of race in university admissions. The racial nature of the case is obvious. Another person originally included in the suit dropped out. Here is Abigail Fisher and her lawyer saying that her White race factored against her in failing to be admitted to UT-Austin. Fisher says less qualified students were admitted. The only less qualified students Fisher singles out are those students of color.

You seem to have had a

rmrd0000 — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 02:53:39 +0000

In reply to She lent her name to the

You seem to have had a problem with Dr Cleveland's post.Now you have a problem with me. Fisher lent her name to a suit intended to end consideration of race.Are you saying she is stupid and did not realize that race was being considered? You have been ticked off from the beginning.

She lent her name to the

rmrd0000 — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 02:48:28 +0000

In reply to I know you did not read what

She lent her name to the suit.The suit was an attack on Affirmative Action. She was pissed and wanted to punish UT-Austin at the expense of Black students. Fisher could have walked away.

I know you did not read what

EmmaZahn — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 02:13:12 +0000

In reply to Since you are pretending.

I know you did not read what I wrote but you didn't read your own link either, did you. Samples:

It's true that the university, for whatever reason, offered provisional admission to some students with lower test scores and grades than Fisher. Five of those students were black or Latino. Forty-two were white.

In the Fisher case, while the young woman may have lent her name to the lawsuit, the case before the Court has very little to do with her. Her name appears just five times in the thousands of words that make up the body of the complaint

It was a surprisingly good background and overview for HuffPo. Thanks.

Since you are pretending.

rmrd0000 — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 01:07:01 +0000

In reply to The question is the answer

Since you are pretending. Fisher says that she didn't get into UT-Austion because those dumb Black kids got in. She did not question if their were Whitescwith lower grades who gained entry.She assumed her White privilege.

The question is the answer

rmrd0000 — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 00:57:52 +0000

In reply to Non-answer. Link?

The question is the answer

Non-answer. Link?

EmmaZahn — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 00:51:35 +0000

In reply to Why did she bring the suit?

Non-answer. Link?

Why did she bring the suit?

rmrd0000 — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 00:23:53 +0000

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Why did she bring the suit?

Link?

EmmaZahn — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 00:05:46 +0000

In reply to Wasn't Fisher willing to

Link?