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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by LanceH on Friday August 14, 2020 @01:50PM (#24160961)
Ok, but "discrimination" is a loaded word and definitely not neutral. It has implications. It implies a right to admission that ignores the desires of those who built the school to what it is now (which would be that their heirs get to attend as well).

Not all selection criteria is "discrimination". Alternately, if it is, then there is nothing inherently wrong with discrimination.

Again, these are private schools that everyone is talking about. The use of legacy admissions in a state school would be completely wrong.

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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by take_a_breath on Saturday August 15, 2020 @08:15AM (#24168323)
I think we are agreeing. I was trying to highlight that by calling everything that involves subjectivity “discrimination”, we diminish the word.

Very much agree on these being private schools and playing by a different set of rules.

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