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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by TulliusCicero on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @05:12PM (#21130713)
"Well it's simple you see, Asians are simply less personable, as a group, than white folk. No no no, it's not blatant discrimination at all, I assure you! It's just science, I swear!"

I really don't see how anyone justifies this kind of thing in 2019. This is like the barest possible fig leaf over obvious prejudice. They could rename it to "Cromulence Factor" and it'd make as much sense.

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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by dmix on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @05:31PM (#21130927)
It's a personal rating not a personable rating.
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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by TheCoelacanth on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @09:34AM (#21136215)
The smoking gun is that Asians were doing just fine on personal ratings given by Harvard alumni, but were doing poorly specifically on the personal ratings given by Harvard admissions officers.
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