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A comment on Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of legacy status in admissions. Parent comment

Re:Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of lega... by nancyhn on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @12:34PM (#36789174)
That article is pushing the soft bigotry of low expecations. All you have to do is look at data that includes Asian Americans. Even non-Americans routinely do better on American standardized tests.
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Re:Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of lega... by underlipton on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @01:04PM (#36789702)
It is not. GP is saying that the "expectations" in question aren't as applicable to potential as they're purported to be.

>Asian Americans, which is always conveniently omitted from these racist narratives.

Ironically, so is the diversity of the Asian American community.

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