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Originally Posted by rubecube
Oh weird. So 2023 was the only moment in history where these things could have been abolished, and not a single right-leaning person was involved in establishing and maintaining them? Did not know that.
Considering affirmative action began as a counter to legacy admissions, you'd think you'd want to scrap the latter before scrapping the former. But nope, can't have too many minorities taking spots from white failsons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_preferences |
You’re flailing at strawmen. Who is it you think are defending legacy admissions?
77 per cent of Republicans say whether a relative attended a college should have no impact on admissions and 72 per cent of Democrats say the same. And contrary to your strawmen, 80 per cent of white Americans are against legacy admissions, compared with 62 per cent of Black, 67 per cent of Hispanic, and 59 per cent of Asian Americans.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-re...admissions_03/
Basically, the group most strongly opposed to legacy admissions are white Republicans.
You’ll note wide majorities of Black (59), Hispanic (68), and Asian (63) Americans are also opposed to race and ethnicity playing any part in college admissions.