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Re:These problems were designed to prevent Jewish people fro... by gizmo686 on Saturday October 07, 2017 @03:12PM (#15425201)
We are talking about mechanisms for discrimination. US collage admissions certainly provide an interesting case.
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Re:These problems were designed to prevent Jewish people fro... by kennywinker on Saturday October 07, 2017 @05:29PM (#15425807)
When you start comparing them the differences are obvious and significant. The most important one is that US college admissions weighting is happening in a transparent way, and it was and is subject to intense debate, discussion, and quasi-democratic processes.
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