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Vivienne Jul 2, 2023

Qasim Rashid, Esq.

Affirmative action was never about admitting unqualified Black kids. It was always about ensuring qualified Black kids could also get accepted despite a world of systemic racism.

The “unqualified admission” you’re thinking of are legacy students—like how Kavanaugh got into Yale, or how George W. got into yale, or how Kushner got into Harvard.

Every GOP accusation is a confession, and this is no exception.

ReneeVoiceBrand Jun 30, 2023

@QasimRashid The Dominionist Court's mantra is "Keep AmeriKKKa White". Uncle Tom Clarence sees a white man staring back at him when he looks in the mirror. Unsure if it's delusion or self-hatred or stupidity since AA allowed him INTO Yale.

Ritty Kitty Kitty Jun 30, 2023

@ReneeVoiceBrand @QasimRashid He is Uncle Ruckus personified

Angry Centrist Jun 30, 2023

@ReneeVoiceBrand @QasimRashid His proper name is Uncle Ruckus Thomas. 😎

VHasch Jun 30, 2023

Which of those groups eventually damages the reputation of the college?

Inevitably, it's the rich kid who slid in on money.

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Jun 30, 2023

@QasimRashid As I Brit I had no idea about these 'Legacy Admissions'.....sounds like something that needs to end, and NOW.

(Yeah, I'm sure that happens here too, but you guys have more chance of change than we do....)

MugsysRapSheet Blog ☑️Jun 30, 2023

@QasimRashid
Arguably, 50+ years ago, #AffirmativeAction was a "quota system". It played a part in how #UncleThomas got into Yale and why he resents it so much.

But TODAY (or should I say *before* today), it was used merely as a "tie breaker" to account for what a minority student had to overcome just to reach that point.

It angers me to no end when people like Mike Pence cite #MLK's "content of their character" quote out of context to make it sound like THEY are the ones ending #racism. 🤬

Human #6,478,321,076 Jun 30, 2023

@MugsysRapSheet @QasimRashid It was being used as more than a tie breaker. My partner was until recently on the admissions committee for an Ivy Med school. People were ranked. The top x number were tentatively slated for admission. If that group wasn’t diverse enough racially, the person at the bottom was kicked off the list and someone lower down, but of an underrepresented race was added in their place. Iterate until racial diversity target was reached.

MugsysRapSheet Blog ☑️Jun 30, 2023

@Orange_light @QasimRashid
Different institutions used different criteria for *their* definition of #AffirmativeAction.

But yesterday's ruling by the #SCotUS didn't simply set a single standard to clear up any confusion/dispute (which would of been the right thing to do), and instead simply abolished "racial" balancing entirely… while leaving #WhiteAffirmativeAction… #Legacy admissions and #Wealthy #donor preferences in place.

Bathsheba Blue Jul 2, 2023

@MugsysRapSheet @QasimRashid

Yep - quotas haven’t been used for many years. The effing republicans sued a number of states over quotas back in the 70’s like CA and MI.

AA has been used as a legal basis for schools to select minority applicants who are comparable to their white counterparts.

Aethelstan Jun 30, 2023

@QasimRashid what new restrictions will they legislate when the Ivy league is 60% East and south Asian? Mandatory legacy slots? No financial aid?

JeffTheDog Jun 30, 2023

@QasimRashid It was also about admitting unqualified black students because systemic racism kept them from having the same opportunities to succeed as the majority of white kids. Let's not pretend this wasn't also part of it. I don't think there's anything wrong with admitting that.

Tim Mills Jun 30, 2023

@JeffTheDog @QasimRashid
Sure, but some people hear "unqualified" as "undeserving" or " not possessing inherent academic potential", and neglect the "not meeting arbitrary and biased criteria that favour white men" part.

So, if that clarification isn't attached, I avoid using the word "unqualified". I don't want anyone to be able to interpret me as suggesting that folks with AA admissions are less deserving.

JaneGray Jun 30, 2023

@QasimRashid
THIS!!! ⬆️ ⬆️⬆️

ⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔 Jun 30, 2023

@QasimRashid One hundred percent this. 😖

Kris Samsel Jun 30, 2023

@QasimRashid Parents bribes helped everyone of them. Dummies with Diplomas. I know one. Not bragging.
#CorruptCapitalismIsRacists

Ken Jun 30, 2023

@QasimRashid This is exactly what the #GQP and the Federalist Society had planned for the last 40 years! If they can't destroy #Democracy at the ballot box, destroy it through the courts!

#ExpandSCOTUS
#DemocracyForThePeople
#EnoughIsEnough

tirregsov Jun 30, 2023

@QasimRashid hear hear

Wade Wainio Jun 30, 2023

@QasimRashid I have been a proponent of affirmative action all my adult life, and I still am. The conservative opposition is false.

John Colagioia Jun 30, 2023

@QasimRashid A long time ago, I started framing affirmative action as "show your work." Except in some clunky cases, it never requires an outcome, just that you be able to show how the outcome was fair.

The conservative offense has always been that nobody other than a straight, cisgender, white man can ever be qualified, because that's how they decide qualifications.

TanekRune Jun 30, 2023

@QasimRashid Affirmative action also started conversations otherwise unheard of. Such as: maybe we shouldn't automatically shred resumes from people with "black-sounding names".

Angry Centrist Jun 30, 2023

@TanekRune @QasimRashid Studies have shown that, whether those conversations happen or not, recruiters still seem to be putting those resumes on the bottom of the stack. Identical resumes with "white sounding" names get more calls for interviews than with "black sounding" ones. https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/08/18/name-discrimination-jobs

Name Discrimination Study Finds Lakisha And Jamal Still Less Likely To Get Hired Than Emily And Greg | Here & Now

Economists sent 83,000 job applications to 108 companies. Applicants with Black names were called back 10% fewer times across the board.

WBUR

TanekRune Jul 3, 2023

@dkbgeek @QasimRashid While it's sad that it's still happening, there are some businesses at least asking themselves "am I biased in my hiring?" or "could I be providing a more fair hiring environment?" I've worked for a few. Then again, I also worked for a company that offered a doctor a position in the coffee shop department because "her English is questionable." Outlandish.

Angry Centrist Jul 3, 2023

@TanekRune @QasimRashid "A doctor" as in a PhD? Or a woman who was a foreign-born physician and just not licensed locally? I know quite a few US-born white folks whose English is questionable. 🤣

TanekRune Jul 4, 2023

@dkbgeek @QasimRashid I would personally count a doctorate in pharmacy, given the name. She wasn't a medical doctor as clinics don't generally include in house coffee shop. Either way, managers weren't disputing credentials. They were claiming a language barrier I didn't see when talking biology or anything else.

Angry Centrist Jul 4, 2023

@TanekRune @QasimRashid Language barriers are so frequently as much about the patience/attention of the listener as the actual skill of the speaker. And the verbal-trainwreck native English speakers are often the first to chime in with "she don't talk too good, that fur'ner!" I'm perhaps too quick to judge native speakers but having lived/worked in a non-English-speaking country I tend to cut ESL ppl way more slack.

TanekRune Jul 4, 2023

@dkbgeek @QasimRashid Yeah, learning another language has taught me that same understanding. It's a better environment all around when you are still treated like a person even if you forget a basic word. English isn't a particularly easy language to learn either.

Anton B Jun 30, 2023

@QasimRashid I agree 100% Now we need to get rid off those with legacy admissions

Frankee Jun 30, 2023

Admissions will be more like a job application and interview for a nice office job. Soft skills such as having a supportive disposition, ability to work well with a broad range of people. Overcoming adversity. Are you a "fit" within a work group. Less emphasis on scores and test results and more on the admissions interview. Not about the top SAT score and being the captain of every club. More like can you handle adversity and what did you get out of a club.

Sir Thomas Goodwin, M.S.Jul 1, 2023

@QasimRashid And let's not forget Ron "Make America As Screwed Up As Florida" DeSantis who went to Yale and then on to a diploma course at Harvard Law School.

Wedge Jul 1, 2023

@QasimRashid 100% THIS.

Thomas Morris 🍥Jul 1, 2023

@QasimRashid love/hate that all so true last line

Every GOP accusation is a confession, and this is no exception.

will-r-s-hansen Jul 1, 2023

"legacy students"

Just call them nepotism admissions

Plagiarize much?

lessbarb Jul 1, 2023

@QasimRashid my son taught physics to undergrads at Princeton. He was shocked at how stupid and unprepared they were.

Charles A. Laughlin Jul 1, 2023

@QasimRashid This!

Maria Jul 1, 2023

@QasimRashid amen to every word

Marcia Jul 4, 2023

@QasimRashid just discovering you. New to Mastodon today. Already a fan your posts.