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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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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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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
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