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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by commandlinefan on Thursday August 13, 2020 @07:02PM (#24150747)
I worry about this a lot - my kids are Hispanic (inherited from their Mexican mother), and I honestly don’t know what to tell them when it comes time to check the “race” box for college admissions in a few years. Do they check the “hispanic” box and always wonder if they were just admitted to meet some quota? And no matter what they do, as soon as somebody realizes they have a Hispanic parent, they’ll (reasonably) assume that they did check the Hispanic box.
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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by throwaway189262 on Thursday August 13, 2020 @08:10PM (#24151564)
I would check it. It's a free advantage in a competitive application process. The government has plenty of misguided programs that people take advantage of. The law is blind to morals and it's clearly a stupid system, so just close your eyes first if it makes you feel better :)

You shouldn't feel any worse than when you try to minimize your taxes. In a broken system there are no bad actors

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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by neutronicus on Thursday August 13, 2020 @07:54PM (#24151429)
The Hispanic box was worth literal tens of thousands of dollars to me over my lifetime.

If they're going to fall on that sword make sure it's their own choice and not yours.

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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by ucgradtemp on Friday August 14, 2020 @01:30AM (#24154037)
Research has shown that heavy AA can lead to a mismatch between the putative beneficiaries and their peers. As a result, these students are more likely to end up in the bottom of their class (IIRC, 50% of black students at top law schools ended up in the bottom 10% of their class, and AA beneficiaries who planned to major in STEM were more likely to change to a non-STEM major).

So it is also possible that a preference that helps your kids get into a school could actually end up hurting them if they end up outmatched by their classmates.

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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by travisoneill1 on Thursday August 13, 2020 @07:37PM (#24151208)
Check the hispanic box. The system is unfair and racist, but it makes the most sense to take advantage of it.
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