Say No to Class War

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So you don’t think the preferential environments set beforehand create disparities that are apparent now?

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<p>I don’t care what happened beforehand… Call me whatever you would like to call me. I’m tired of being told to feel sorry for people because of their lot in life. </p>

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What Adcoms should be looking for are kids who have overcome a significant and objectively discernable hardship to succeed at a high level. For example, the kid who has had a taste of success despite having to work 40 hours a week or attend to a sick parent or take care of siblings or has taken community college or online classes to overcome a limited HS curriculum etc.

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<p>I agree with this completely. All things being equal these should be the deciding factors. </p>

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It’s pure folly to hope in the benevolence of the status quo to bring about real opportunity. You need the rule of law as well.

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<p>We are going in to our 3rd generation of affirmative action. How much good has it done? If a business wants to overlook a better qualified individual because they are a woman or black that is stupid on their part and I’m pretty sure there are laws against it. I don’t think a better candidate should be passed up for a lesser candidate because of affirmative action. </p>

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Let’s not delude ourselves by thinking that everything is a meritocracy. That’s only what rich people say when they don’t want to confront the reality that there are many who do not have the same opportunities as them.

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<p>Meritocracy is something for an ideal world as well. Just because we don’t live in an ideal world doesn’t mean we have to give up on this system. </p>

<p>And for the record, I come from a lower-middle class background…</p>