"Race" in College Applications FAQ & Discussion 13

[skieurope]

After discussion with the admin, this thread will remain closed and discussion of Affirmative Action will no longer be allowed on the main forums.

In its place, I have opened a new thread on the Politics Forum. Feel free to join the conversation there.

http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/t/race-in-college-applications-faq-discussion-14/3627043

If you are not currently a member of the politics forum, see below for instructions on how to join.

Politics Discussion Group

Mike floated the idea of creating a specific category for discussing politics on the site. He also created a group for those who might be interested. As of this writing, there are 75 people who have signed up (including me and Mike). That seems like a pretty good level of interest, so we are going to try this out. It’s important to understand that political discussion is not at the core of College Confidential’s mission. As I said elsewhere: Some of the most important conversations we can have involve how we individually respond to the various sources of stress happening in our lives. But those same conversations also run the risk of breaking friendships if other people don’t treat us with respect and care. So we’re going to create a space for those conversations to happen within the CC community. Now we know that this has already been attempted. We’re not going to repeat the mistakes of the past. No, we’re going to make new mistakes! It’s important to understand that this will b…