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Re:Harvard Does Not Discriminate Against Asian-Americans in ... by 40acres on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:17PM (#21130102)
Unfortunately this is bigger than Harvard and the Asian American students are 'collateral damage'. Fundamentally, the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow permeates every facet of American life, education especially. You can't fix hundreds of years worth of discrimination without tipping the scales in a way that seems discriminatory to others, seems like the Judge in this case understands that.
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Re:Harvard Does Not Discriminate Against Asian-Americans in ... by AdrianB1 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:22PM (#21130155)
You cannot fix history, no matter what you do, so there is nothing to understand. One cannot fix history by punishing people living in our times, it is not their crime to punish.
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Re:Harvard Does Not Discriminate Against Asian-Americans in ... by NeoBasilisk on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:33PM (#21130285)
It's not a punishment to not get into Harvard. Most people don't get into Harvard.
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Re:Harvard Does Not Discriminate Against Asian-Americans in ... by AdrianB1 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:38PM (#21130333)
That is a fine example of a straw man.
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