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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
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. |
Oh I'm not saying it's just Republicans. I've just generally heard less angry rhetoric from the right aimed at legacy admissions than I have seen aimed at affirmative action. And they have always been very angry about affirmative action.
Do you not think that the disparity in rhetoric and media coverage of one of those two topics might play a role in those poll numbers you're quoting?