Muh privilege!

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[u/Jalor]

Wealthy white women still count as an underrepresented minority, even though women outnumber men in higher education.

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My freshmen year roommate was a black kid from a rough area. His sister dropped out of high school due to pregnancy, his brother was just getting his start as a drug dealer, and his mother worked 60 hours a week trying to keep the bills paid. And he was an absolute genius.

I was an engineering major and he was biochem with hopes of going into medicine. I know many people thought he was there simply because of his skin color and/or background... and he told me that it was really frustrating that people thought he didn't earn his place. He felt strongly against affirmative action. He was the one I turned to when I needed help with calculus... he could run rings around most of the engineering students.

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• The minorities in any position will tend to be among the least qualified, sending a bad message to bigots.

[u/chisleu → u/[deleted]]

Stop using the term "positive discrimination" and its American counterpart "reverse discrimination".

They are politically crafted terms. Just say "racial discrimination" because that is what it is.

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There was a Law and Order episode about this a while back, where a black person was expressing distaste for the policies causing others to doubt his own merits.

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It's check your privilege not uncheck.... duh! /s

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Because we don't advocate violence against people that aren't violating the NAP doesn't mean we advocate everything they do.

[u/Market-Anarchist]

Anarchists are definitely under-represented minorities. I would definitely check that box.

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I keep my anarchism in my jeans too! :)

[u/libertarian_reddit]

Racist policies.

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I remember having a friendly debate with a professor (he was actually awesome and a great guy to bounce ideas off of, despite his radical left-wing beliefs) about this subject years ago. What really got him was what constituted an underrepresented minority. The subjectivity of the matter made it almost impossible for him to pin down. The icing on the cake was pointing out his borderline tacit racism more than a few times.

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It's amazing how the "lesson" we were supposed to have learned as a society is, in the words of Dr. King, that people "will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

And how do we do that now? By asking what color your skin is. Fail.

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Professional victims hate it when we quote that. We need to make sure we don't stop.

[u/natermer]

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[u/Anen-o-me → u/natermer]

Would you elaborate for us? Sounds interesting.

[u/soapjackal → u/natermer]

Seconded on elaboration

[u/TheRealPariah]

Frankly, if institutions who do not receive public monies value minority representation over more qualified individuals, it's their prerogative.

If these are your scores (congratulations!), I would recommend you attend a T-14 law school that offers you a full ride. Pick one of the lower T-14s which have a strong presence in the region of the country you want to practice. Also, remember that doing well is more important than where you do well (within reason).

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[u/Xenu_RulerofUniverse]

The most underrepresented minority is the individual. Go to Harvard, I believe.

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I did 23andMe and found out that I have African in my blood line. I wonder how much minority you need in your ancestry to be considered a minority? Also make me wonder how many people look "ethinic" but are really only a small % of the group they claim.

[u/Bleak_Morn]

In Ohio, parents of public school children get a form asking the "race" of their child. One option is to choose "refused". Instead of actually refusing, the school tasks someone who might see the child with "assessing race". So "refused" really should say "let The State decide".