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Harvard students call grading reform 'racist' in petition (campusreform.org)
5 points by ivewonyoung 49 days ago
3 comments

Skill issue unveiled.
> they described the proposal as “blatantly racist” and warned it could increase competition among students

Can someone explain why increasing competition among students is a bad thing?

Causing your fellow student to do better shouldn't be harmful to you. Students should feel comfortable helping one another without fear of it worsening their own mark.
College students call normal ordinary thing racism because they don’t like it, news at 11.