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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by gfaure on Thursday August 13, 2020 @06:39PM (#24150473)
What is most galling about this is that even if we assume that culture X yields candidates with personality characteristics undervalued by culture Y, _racial background doesn't indicate culture_. How should a second-generation Taiwanese American raised predominantly in American culture answer the race question on their application?
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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by Consultant32452 on Friday August 14, 2020 @01:12AM (#24153858)
African American. Everyone should answer the race question with whatever they think benefits themselves the most, because race is bullshit.
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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by charlesu on Friday August 14, 2020 @08:15AM (#24156870)
Racism is bullshit. Race is a social construct but it’s definitely has real implications.
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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by Consultant32452 on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:30AM (#24159181)
What are the implications of my race?
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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by Radim on Friday August 14, 2020 @04:04AM (#24155156)
This. I remember an anecdote by Ota Ulč, a Czech writer who escaped communism to emigrate into the USA.

When asked to select his race, Ota didn't realize "Caucasian" applied to him – after all he's Czech, not from Caucasus! So he checked "Other" instead. An honest mistake.

As a result, he got in no problem.

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