Qasim Rashid, Esq.Apr 13, 2024

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My TL is full of conservatives who don't understand how Affirmative Action worked.

Three points

1. The demographic that benefitted MOST from AA—more than Black, Latino, & Asians COMBINED—are white women.

2. AA was NEVER about accepting unqualified people, it was always about ensuring underrepresented qualified people ALSO had a fair shot at acceptance. Universities systemically discriminated against non-white applicants. AA required them to also consider non-white applicants.

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Show threadQasim Rashid, Esq.Apr 13, 2024

3. While conservatives protested the 8% Black students at Harvard, Legacy Admissions accounted for 43% of white students to Harvard, & 75% of those students Would Not Have Qualified On Merit.

But no protest? I wonder why?🤔

The facts don't lie. The movement to repeal Affirmative Action, ban DEI (as dozens of states have), & demonize CRT—was never about merit & was never about qualifications. It was always about reviving Jim Crow white supremacy.

And the scary part is—so far—it's working.

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@QasimRashid Whenever someone has the audacity to use the words 'WOKE' and 'DEI" I respond with 'WOKE is an acronym for We Ostracize Klan Enthusiasts' and 'DEI stands for Determination in Experimentation and Innovation.' My responses always seems to shut 'em up or confuse them.
Apr 13, 2024 at 7:38pmWeb