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Re:Colleges that ditched admission tests find it harder to f... by xienze on Saturday October 22, 2022 @05:09PM (#33302251)
> The SAT tests in the language of the US white elite.

How do Asians manage to do well on it? And let me guess, you’re specifically talking about the analogy question that refers to a regatta? That question is repeatedly trotted out as evidence of the SAT’s bias but it, or anything similar, hasn’t been found in the test in decades…

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Re:Colleges that ditched admission tests find it harder to f... by cuteboy19 on Saturday October 22, 2022 @11:56PM (#33304452)
The conclusion of course, in their minds at least, would be that Asians are white. Translate it to academic-speak and you would get something like "Asian benefit from white supremacy"
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Re:Colleges that ditched admission tests find it harder to f... by erdos4d on Sunday October 23, 2022 @09:26AM (#33306817)
They go to the same private schools, have friends with, and also speak the language of the aforementioned white elite. I bet the few black kids who go to those schools, have those friends, and come from families who speak that language do pretty damn well too.
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