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Re:At the elite colleges - dim white kids by rms on Saturday September 29, 2007 @03:01AM (#60997)
>AA was actually instituted to counter discrimination against Jews.

Well, the Jews were systematically discriminated against in college admissions with quotas, but I don't think affirmative action was a result of this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_quota

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Re:At the elite colleges - dim white kids by aswanson on Saturday September 29, 2007 @04:33AM (#61012)
Yeah, I think I remember reading the "problem" the Ivies were facing in the 30's were that the Jewish immigrants were outperforming the good ole boys that they were supposed to be admitting, so they started digging into 'lineage' as an additional qualifier for admission. Can you imagine not admitting someone like Feynman so that Bush could get in?!?
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