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by barry-cotter 1330 days ago
These are people who know that anything written down will eventually be used in a lawsuit. They’re not going to use slurs. I bet they wouldn’t even have any problem with their children marrying an Asian. But it’s their job to keep the Asian percentage down below what it would be if the student was White, and very far below what it would be if they were Black, among students with otherwise similar credentials. If that doesn’t qualify as anti-Asian racism what is it?

The reason the holistic admissions system was made up was to avoid having too many Jews. Now it’s used to prevent too many Asians.

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose