Affirmative action in college admissions

[@truuee9016]

The "quota" was on Asians, keeping their numbers at a limit. It had nothing to do with black people, that was an excuse, but they'll learn.

[@comrademars1]

They will learn. They. Will. Learn

[@Deathwink1]

I don't feel for they lay wit the beast the consequences are yours to reap

[@ninaj.4885]

Nixon's advisor said if you want to end a social program just convince people that it mainly benefits minorities. its 2024. That trick still works like a charm.

[@sunder5747]

😂😅😂Wow how they tricked the Asian communities. Can't blame us anymore on why you didn't get accepted. I love it.

[@cedrictolson6902]

@@truuee9016 lol yes I did, but you went after affirmative action Black people created. You didn’t go after legacy which majority of white people are in these colleges so you go after what Black people created and then you say it has nothing to do with Black people, but still say you’re not in go make your own colleges like we did

[@themaster804]

There are a host of students in these schools that academically should not be there, but they are legacy admissions.

[@robertewalt7789]

Or athletic scholarship holders.

[@thewanderer6388]

@@robertewalt7789 The athletes are employees there to make money for the school. They are athlete-students first not student-athletes. That contract they sign for 4 years or more says they can be let go if they are deemed by the coaching staff to not have lived up to the teams standards. Lesser players have been let go for reasons having nothing to do with academics and that scholarship given to someone else. Also it's an ATHLETIC scholarship not an academic one. Again, sports at those schools is a business separate of the schools other business. So the alumni won't touch sports and that guy Blum new not to go anywhere near it. Too many big people are involved in college sports.

[@talon310calif]

What percent are legacy admissions?

[@robertparsons313]

@@talon310calif So are they saying without any legacy admissions, the guy in this video would have had an easier time? No, he still would have been blocked or waitlisted because of his race.

[@talon310calif]

@robertparsons313 I'm actually not suggesting anything. The original comment talked about legacy admissions. How big of a problem are legacy admissions? Also as a follow up, how much of a break do legacy applicants get?

[@아라조이언]

From someone who spent time at Harvard in graduate school, this is really hard to watch. Harvard is really not the be-all end-all of your life, and we’re lying to kids and stressing them out when society implies otherwise. Most of the undergrads at Harvard aren’t really that much different than college students at other places. The difference is the money and privilege their parents tend to have.

[@Drownedinblood]

I wish this would get pinned. At the end of the day, even those kids parents hope those kids meet someone important or will be important and move up in society though.

[@nilawarriorprincess]

​@Drownedinblood Obviously. Isn't that saying "It's not what you know it's who you know." true? I don't believe the Ivy Leagues are important for a successful life, but networking definitely is.

[@chgosatrap]

@@Y-lh5vx too damn bad. Pull your asses up like we did.

[@sssssssss111]

@@Y-lh5vx There are great Ivy League schools in Korea. It is okay to want your kid to go to a great school. However, they need to learn to love their country, is the way I see it.

[@RDCFemmes]

we all know that people go to those places for networking and nothing else.

[@2thomask]

The admissions board should not see name or race on an application only a id number

[@DeniDILOLOPodcast]

That’s what the did GCSE and A levels in the UK. It worked . It was a good way for the bias and racists exam board !

[@Lee-we6nr]

that sounds like a plan!!

[@pernicecartwright8420]

GREAT IDEA 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@nexusobserve]

would be too good

[@sardonumspa8113]

I agree that way the group who got the most out of affirmative action (whi…fee emails) wouldn’t get in to so many positions! 😂

[@jlee1696]

Too much focus and false belief that professional success depends on graduating from the Ivy Leagues. This needs to change. It is unhealthy for the high schoolers.

[@StrueSlies]

Like all businesses the college system has a life span and according to the professionals the college system will collapse in our lifetime.

[@uc7953]

You say this but many top businesses will not even consider interviewing people that went to 'non-target' schools. There are so many applicants and so many college student now that businesses don't have to entertain applications outside of the top few. With how expensive life has become. you wont be able to afford to live if you don't get a good job after college these days - which is heavily dependent on the school you went to.

[@jasonjames4254]

@@uc7953 Tell that to Zuckerberg, Dorsey, Gates, Jobs, Kalanick, and a host of other BILLIONAIRS that never graduated from college.

[@bebdaumon3948]

but it's true... Ivy League schools even if you graduated with a 2.5 GPA you would always be preferred. I got a GPA of 3.5 from a regular university in accounting. I applied to many jobs couldn't get in. One job hired a man from Harvard with a 2.5 gpa. So, there's truth to it. If you go to these ivy league schools you will get a job regardless. Even though my business school uses case studies created by Harvard business school professors. I had to actually pay Harvard to buy case studies for my finance class. I had to create an account at their business school store and buy them. We had to analyses them . The education I had is the same as of the business school of Harvard because it has the same accreditation and the books and case studies used were written by Harvard professors. Yet, having the name Harvard on your resume to someone means you're the smartest person in the world.

[@wTrevorh]

@@uc7953nonsense!

[@doubleoseven273]

Legacy should have been banned/outlawed from the start, never should have been allowed to begin with

[@metallica2500]

So true, vice president Al Gores kids all got to attend Harvard and one of them barely made it out of high school

[@Wongseifu548]

I think legacy should actually be considered but only to a certain point

[@underestimated1171]

These schools are only considered elite due to legacy and old money families.

[@22221mm]

A counter program to balance legacy affirmative action over the last 300 years

[@22221mm]

@@metallica2500crazy

[@AA-kj4ic]

Admission should be based on merits and academic standing.

[@nigelcarren]

Don’t forget good character! 👍

[@myronidasvestarossa]

It is, generally. But even with stellar academics and merit colleges can only take so much. They don’t have infinite space. There are other factors to consider.

[@carolynfehr]

Do you even understand what you're saying? There have to be other areas of discrimination. Many will "equally" qualify. What then? Hmm??

[@DM5550Z]

@@nigelcarrenWe can clearly see the current issues of peoples true faces coming out recently with ongoing events…

[@Behindthecurtain-s1o]

Affirmative Action was never a good thing. It degraded every aspect of American culture and society.

[@debrabrower3864]

The loss of affirmative action only helps legacy students, the rich and the well connected.

[@joimonae4090]

they refuse to address it its like taboo to speak out against it

[@jeretso]

Not just rich but the crazy rich

[@Ricer-b4n]

No it's not cuz white people are becoming the minority. So who do we blame when your kids get rejected? Incompetent? Mexican majority?

[@MeMe-pj8ve]

Absolutely not true. It helps the lower-middle and middle classes.

[@MeMe-pj8ve]

Absolutely not true. It helps the lower-middle and middle classes.

[@IAMHERE486]

People focused on getting rid of affirmative action and they forgot about the legacy/rich students who are dumb but still get in.

[@James-on1vy]

Coloreds don't deserve to go to college. They're too stupid.

[@thewanderer6388]

They didn't forget they intentionally didn't want to touch them. To many white folk current and future would be affected. Some need that help to get in, that advantage over others for their grades won't make the cut.

[@James-on1vy]

@@IAMHERE486 coloreds are too dumb to get in. Gotta lower the bar to help the "ignant"

[@thisismonitor4099]

@@thewanderer6388 how does that work when Harvard underrepresents the current white student population around 40% adjusted for geographic factors?

[@meowser1905]

They also get in due to paying others to take the SATs/ACTs for them and/or forged achievements/activities/etc to get them in. Thats how Lori Laughlin, Felicity Huffman , and several CEOS wound up on trial.

[@Basta11]

After 5 years working in a profession, no one care where you went to school.

[@FirstNameLastName-wt5to]

Depends on the field. And I definitely see job postings that specify Ivy degree is required. I’ve this for receptionists and admin assistants.

[@Blackflyer1]

​@@FirstNameLastName-wt5toworked in hr for years and have never seen this. What positions are these? Examples please.

[@tuyenhoang5546]

that is after 5 years, but the first year matter the most. They do care about where you go to school.

[@drstevej2527]

You are delusional. See the income and long term success of people from these schools.

[@mike4402]

@@Blackflyer1 HR is a joke, of course they don't care where you went to college. Ivy league matters if you want to be a professor, a researcher, a banker, executive, or entrepreneur.

[@donbcorleone]

Imagine applying to an Ivy League school where everybody has a great GPA and participates in extracurricular activities. How can you truly separate yourself from the rest? Its almost like hitting the lottery

[@seinfan9]

They can give admissions some suckysucky.

[@AMDixon]

And that is where reality hits. These top achieving kids are at the top 1% of kids in their school, maybe even in their school district - but when they apply to the Ivy’s, it’s top achievers from all over the world so they go from being a big fish to a small one. They don’t know they are one of tens of thousands of star pupils.

[@手笨也得吃饭]

That is not the point. It was the point defender of AA made, call race as a so called tie breaker. In reality though, they actually have big gap in terms of academic performance. Just sat alone can show the gap which is ridiculous since sat is a very low standard assessment.

[@jeretso]

He has to compete with another guy with perfect scores but has an essay about surviving third world poverty, warlords, prison or cartel. I bet his essay was boring. International competition is rising and you need more than sports and music.

[@donbcorleone]

@@AlexanderNewman-v1x Changing your name to a Greek name will boost your chances?

[@lj172]

Imagine immigrating to a country not knowing its history and being apart of destroying important laws because you didn’t get your way. 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@ronnie2699]

What a shame🤦🏾‍♀️

[@glugtrop2010]

imagine destroying america. wait thats you people.

[@bigcoop3717]

⁠@@glugtrop2010 Go back to your homeland booty scratcher🫵🏿👉🏿👉🏿👉🏿

[@HAHa-co3vl]

what's that even mean?

[@ElegantSavage72]

@@HAHa-co3vlIt means exactly what she said. Try taking the blinders off. The vast majority of immigrants who come to America have no clue about the struggles of Black Americans and their fight for Civil Rights, ending segregation, and leveling the playing field in the workplace. That hard work is taken for granted and overlooked by Asians who are recent immigrants. Let’s not forget black Americans are foundational and have been in the United States for over 400 years. Black Americans do not make up the majority of accepted applicants at these elite institutions yet Asian Americans were led to believe that black Americans who were accepted were not accepted based on merit or ability, which is false. The thought was that getting rid of affirmative action would open up supposed applications Asians felt were reserved for black students (comply false!) to Asians they felt were more deserving. Now that affirmative action has been stripped away, they’re noticing that their plan backfired. The tool they needed was taken away from them by themselves…literally because of their own ignorance of the history of this country and the needs to have protections against discrimination. Interestingly, the same fervor and vitriol Asians demonstrated to end affirmative action to hurt black students has been virtually nonexistent toward white legacy admissions students and their acceptance rates to elite schools. I wonder why?….🙄.

[@lenaprice6239]

The real issue is, the ivies did not do away with legacy admission. Why is the media not discussing this?

[@deebrown7160]

Only Blacks are to Blame for everything you should understand by now.

[@Kimster182]

If money is involved, it gets serious

[@ThraceVega]

Where do you think the people in control of the media went to school?

[@keyzplease3220]

Because it was never about getting the more qualified people in but getting rich and Legacy students more power

[@d.rabbit7276]

Because it was about impeding black people.... nothing more.

[@MrYorick271]

It’s funny they sued over AA and their admission numbers dropped after the Supreme Court overturned AA.

[@lakshmig2061]

Interesting right..and hope welldeserving candidates get in irrespective of race.

[@NormanA-lc6ss]

Well duh it's only been a year and the fake news has been spreading lies. The will learn that ending affirmative action is the right thing.

[@jerry_6694]

@@lakshmig2061 like legacy students

[@DawnOfNobodysEra]

Hold Your Own Nuts, dude. It was Asian People who wanted AA gone. Be careful what you wish for…you know the rest, Smart guy.

[@glenparker1498]

Double Dipping siding with the Edward Blum's of the world then saying your a minority that has been discriminated against.

[@Untitled0752]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Asians were so busy blaming black people they ended up $hitting on themselves 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@skylarblaze636]

Im glad i don't have to make this comment now.

[@jeromep3182]

FACTS

[@MenopauseCrazed]

These people got exactly what they wanted! So deal with it👏🏾👏🏾

[@DTMEDIA-ey5hi]

So what now? Cant blame black people anymore.

[@NormanA-lc6ss]

What you mean this is still Black People fault because society still thinks that Asian People are in lower need to get in school than Black People. So it is still Black People fault.

[@tbyas4406]

Institutions know what to do, they will enroll more students of alumni and wealthy students. Those schools were designed for the rich and now it will go back to the rich.

[@caleb7799]

this make a lot more sense than them being racist. Majority of people in universities are not American anyways. I find it cute how media can just sway masses without ever anyone stepping inside a university and see how fucking diverse the place is.

[@passchen-fail3704]

Colleges don’t mean much anymore, get a trade, don’t trust the boomers.

[@OO9O9]

​@@caleb7799you mean aren't white anyway

[@xAA7]

rich students got money to donate and usually come from good families. the real world is sadly more than just good grades

[@earlwallace2015]

Still blaming black people because you or others didnt get into an institution that you think you are entitled too. Precious. You didn't get in because of legacy.

[@crover1122]

Asians wouldn’t even be allowed to mop the floors if they had the gpa of most black enrollees.

[@jlee739]

Black people are most likely to be accepted into Ivy League school even with low GPA. Do some research

[@ashlirabid9614]

Exactly, AA is gone yet they're still whining about black people. Talk about obsession.

[@IamHandsome4u]

When did he mention abt black people?

[@earlwallace2015]

@@IamHandsome4u rewatch the video.

[@davidjohnsonGT]

Affirmative Action is gone. Dont blame anyone but yourself.

[@ananse77]

@@davidjohnsonGT Affirmative action wouldn't have helped him. He was in an even worse position when AA was in place, so what are you saying?

[@zola1249]

That it's his own fault for not getting in. And he needs to stop bitching about it.

@@ananse77 Hogwash

[@ananse77]

I see you're stuck in delusion. Just go and have a read of the statistics cited in this case. Such recalcitrant ignorance on your part is puzzling, funny and sad, all at once.

@@ananse77 You did NOT make a factual statement, what you did do is create a scapegoat for your resentment towards BLACK PEOPLE. Also the graduation rate for black people at IVY league school is 99%.

[@hana_moon]

bro, havard rejected you, because your parents are too average. havard wants parents with deep pockets

[@Tabitha-b4m]

Bingo

[@adr77510]

55% of Harvard students are on financial aid. Wealthy parents only helps if the parents are wealthy enough to foot seven to eight figure donations. You're absolutely right that donors have a huge advantage in Harvard's applicant pool but they represent a very small portion of students at H

[@ananse77]

@@hana_moon That's false. Harvard mostly wants brilliant students that stand out. Sadly, high achieving Asian teens are seen as a dime a dozen.

[@jacobnelson6042]

Asian people on average are doing better financially than white people in America. His parents more than likely have plenty of money.

[@AlexanderAsiamah-g9e]

@@adr77510 Yeah and either way if Affirmative Action is gone they are still gonna secretly accept somebody based on race still and even during 2014-2019 33%-36% of graduates were of legacies. The legacies are the dominating group they want people of deep pockets even if A.A is gone colleges are still going to disrespect Asian Americans and see them as the same.

[@tbyas4406]

Now they are going to understand why affirmative action was in place.

[@justniquol8972]

Probably not for another 10 years before it finally sinks in.

[@Marianna_estrada]

To be racist towards white folks. That's all.

[@tacrewgirl]

This

[@FLYBYMEDIA214]

I'm glad they removed affirmative action. Now they get to see. They did it to themselves

[@TheAnswerWillleaveyou]

"Corporations and media outlets may have misled them into believing that affirmative action is the root cause of the issue." Which is untrue

[@darksaint0124]

I love these comment sections where the racists are so easy to identify, along with the people that don't know anything. Both of these groups tend to think the biggest beneficiaries of Affirmative Action are black people, showing that they have no clue that yt women are at the top of the list. All of those DEI positions that are losing employment, once again yt women.

[@jasonruff1270]

exactly, these people are so naive about how their own systems work

[@glugtrop2010]

thats not even true in the slightest. that was one shitty news article that cited a poor study. try again sweetheart.

[@htvlogs80]

The truth is if you want to get into Ivy League schools, doesn’t matter what race or SAT score is, it’s all about how deep your pockets is to make super generous donation to the schools.

[@PHlophe]

precisely, deep pockets and whether you come from old money or nouveau rich. on a separate note . y'all are a gorgeous couple . God bless.

[@Kimster182]

Harvard endowment is one of the largest slush funds in the world and no one can touch it because of its special privilege as an elite “educational” institution

[@relaxlibrary4249]

Not sure what narrative they are trying to push here, but he's not entitled to admission to the Ivies. He seems like a smart young man, but he, like many others need to realize these schools accept majority of their applicants from fancy prep schools and legacy applicants. Having good grades isn't enough from them. They want students that come from wealthy families and whose parents can make generous donations. They want students who graduated from their elite prep schools. These are private institutions looking out for their bottom line.

[@u2bst1nks]

This kid went to one of the most elite high schools in NYC.... It's not a private prep school, but a public school that you have to test into, and they only accepts the top scores in NYC. It's technically is more selective than Harvard (2.7% for Stuyvesant HS, 3.2% for Harvard). Certain political factions wanted to get rid of that test because too many Asians were passing that test. I think that's related to the narrative they're pushing here.

[@relaxlibrary4249]

@@u2bst1nks But he didn't go to Exeter or any of those other select prep schools, that the Ivies specifically recruit from. Again, these are private institutions who select applicants based largely on what their graduates and their rich families can do for the school.

[@Julius064]

@@u2bst1nks You missed the point. They recruit from specific schools, first. Secondly they want students whose family and who they themselves in the future will be more likely to make donations. A child of immigrants who never had a family member attend is unlikely to make a donation once they graduate and that students family is almost never going to make a donation. I say donation but its more like a bribe.

[@rl318]

People still have to pay for all of this, which is another hurdle if you do not come from money.

[@relaxlibrary4249]

@@rl318 That's exactly the point. They want to create barriers to entry.

[@509travel8]

For any kid out there who is worried, let me share with you , I came from Haiti , no English, no money , homeless for a while … I did not care and that is why I became a nurse and got a bachelor in science and a masters in clinical research. Just stay focused and don’t worry , you will get there .

[@JessicaNaranjo4094]

❤❤❤❤ thank you for sharing.

[@melodramatic7904]

What gets me is that the issue for the people against AA this time weren't worried about getting into college. It was about getting specifically into IVY LEAGUE colleges. I have a friend who immigrated from Montserrat as a child. She is black. She had excellent grades, great extra-curriculars, everything an Ivy League university could ask for. She didn't get into NYU. Did that bother her? No. She got into other colleges and so she picked one. She found a great job with a nice salary and now she's living her best life. Ivy league is not the end all be all.

[@bethanywashington1243]

@@melodramatic7904that was my big thing too. ALL of this was specifically for Ivy ONLY nine of this was for any other school besides the Ivy schools. Like you said you can still make a life for yourself without going to an Ivy it’s really good state schools out there as well, and if your ambitious enough a good student and active in life person can make it work anywhere. I know ppl who choose state schools over Ivy and they still got their dream job.

[@CatchMeOnPort8080]

Yes but coming as an immigrant with nothing apparently gives you far more privilege than multigenerational Afro American Latinas. You need to pump up your intersectionality numbers.

[@509travel8]

@@JessicaNaranjo4094 it is my pleasure.

[@blessbeyahgodofshem]

With the removal of affirmative action legacy admissions increased and asian admissions decreased.

[@sardonumspa8113]

Is this the beginning of what they call “Karma”? 😂

[@tahariobi391]

😂😂😂They used the asians to fight againgst Affirmative Action, now the asians find out they still cant get their wish. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jusletursoulglobaby]

😂😂😂

[@inksday]

Affirmative Action objectively hurt Asians the most. This is a FACT.

[@chumps7974]

The Asians benefited from affirmative action in larger numbers than any group

[@xcqematic1]

@@tahariobi391 bc they still practice affirmative action. The education secretary vowed to keep schools diverse, and they do that by emphasizing essays and recommending you write about your diversity. Sorry that your race is poor and that you hate asians for being better.

[@Shng275]

It's poetic at this point.😂😂😂

[@properperspective3846]

Isn’t this what they wanted? To end AA. You got what you asked for.

[@WOOOOWWOWO]

Yes and now less black are accepted. It fair now. Only the qualified can be accepted. For example, if the SAT set a passing grade as 120 and both asian and black student gets it, the asian will be rejected and black will be accepted because Affirmative action. So it not fair, in reality, a passing grade for asian would be 180 and passing grade for black would be 100. Asian would have to score higher than the average passing grade meaning they have to be einstein level of smart to be accepted and not normal person smart. Point is, Affirmative action put a handicap on asian cause they're too smart, and does not for black cause blacks too dumb apparently by Affirmative Action. One get in easier and one has to do 5x harder. Affirmative action being gone makes it all better. This mean asians who scored average will likely be accepted at a 50/50 rather than just be straight out rejected, it applies to blacks too now so that equality based on merits, not skins color anymore that would benefit blacks.

[@luvzfrance24]

All high schoolers who are serious about college have to be overachievers now and they all have a +4.0 GPA because they take all honors classes and a billion extracurricular activities. How do colleges determine who gets in if everyone applying has insane credentials?

[@TerryHausenn]

Usually non-academic factors will weigh heavily in application acceptance. Eagle scout, class president, etc... Also race :) Very fun system.

[@eitkoml]

@@TerryHausenn It's such a miserable life to spend all of your time doing these things to get into university.

[@thewanderer6388]

@@TerryHausenn So it's not just about grades but other factors.

[@tiffanywatson8316]

No, they don't. They just have to pick differently.

[@zhengjy5401]

they choose those who they find 'interesting'

[@WhatIfWe615]

Personally i think if you are an immigrant or the child of an immigrant who came here after the immigration act of 1965, neither you nor your parents/grandparents did anything to obtain those rights. The fact that certain groups were the ones who actually put in the effort, did the work to obtain those rights, for a couple of centuries, should be allowed in first. Most Asians came here after the work was done. Immigrants who came here after 1970 should go to the back of the line for everything. Notice Asian immigrants went after the very people who did the work that they and their parents did not. It’s like being forced to literally build a business then not being allowed to do business there.

[@lilmamagc]

preachhhhh

[@VesperJester]

Exactly. “Them folks” weaponized immigration against the very ppl that got Affirmative Action passed. That’s why I feel nothing for this boy.

[@Jam-n6s]

Yep.

[@lightlock2177]

Absolutely ridiculous thing to say that mirrors the mentality of the KKK. What work did you do before 1964 that built this country? Did you build the banking system? Silicon Valley? Logistics networks? Global supply chains? Why should you benefit from the infrastructure that others built? The danger of rationalizing things is that you can rationalize just about anything. It’s only taking a step back and really looking at what youre saying or doing that shows reality. Stop advocating for Jim Crow era nonsense

[@chrislieu6757]

Back of the line? So because your ancestors fought back against discrimination, noone else should be allowed to fight discrimination against their own race until you get yours? Your grandparentrs are the only people allowed to fight discrimination that hurts them and their children? Why are asians that are mostly one or two generations in this country doing better than whites? But hispanic people need affirmative action?

[@damnjustassignmeone]

It would be nice if we didn’t talk about ethnicity at all in college applications. You should be judged as an individual.

[@pep590]

No way the far-left anti-white, anti-Asian faculty will go for that.

[@99nikniht]

What you say sounds nice in a vacuum. But, the world isn't a place where everyone gets an equal shake in life. Where you are born in life (example zipcode/state/country) greatly dictate what opportunities and benefits you have. So, in a totally fair world (which doesn't exist), then yes, what you say would be fair and preferred. In the real world however, racism, sexism, ageism, ableism, and other factors determine whether one gets access to things or not. So, your statement fails to reflect the realities of the world.

[@leanflavoredpringles2353]

​@@99niknihtNope it's just codewords for white replacement

[@Marianna_estrada]

​@99nikniht Yeah if you aren't a black lesbian but are a white student you wouldn't get the ok to be at that school, you should be judged as an individual.

[@brianmeen2158]

Yes but then 50% of student body would be white, 45% would be Asian and 5% would be black and brown students. This would create monster sized problems for the liberals

[@kilamoblack7532]

It was estimated that with the removal of Afirmative action policies in these colleges, Asians would get a 1% to 2% boost in enrollment. Not a fan of Affirmative action policies myself, but I think it was a strategic mistake.

[@logicandwisdom]

Someone who actually read the fine print and didn't get caught up in the sterotypes and misinformation. Im black and I had a ambivalent relationship to AA. I don't think it really helped the people it was designed to. But many people thought the fall of AA would have them getting into their desired school by taking away the black and hispanic AA "advantage". Instead it made getting into the Ivies harder because now you have students who never thought they had a chance applying.

[@cedrictolson6902]

@@kilamoblack7532 I laugh because the past years Asians have consistently went out to blacks to take down affirmative action as well as a hate crime bill they take from Black people wherever they can

[@chrislieu6757]

So asians should be tolerating blatant discrimination because it is a strategic mistake?

[@Mr40ozkilla81]

Competition is tough. He's not the only one with an amazing resume

[@riku1neo]

No one “deserves” any spot at any school. Do your best, go where you are offered and live with the results.

[@Joe-ti7qd]

Yeah but that's not how it works

[@riku1neo]

@First-bt6rqOr because their parents had more money for tutors and test prep…

[@TerryHausenn]

@@riku1neo How is that the same thing as skin color? You realize every race can be wealthy, right? racist

[@riku1neo]

@@TerryHausennThe point is there is no perfect admission process and there never will be. Accept the school that accepts you and make the most of it.

[@jjw3046]

Exactly, which is why affirmative action is meaningless in the first place

[@Laitalafraise]

I think he chose to share his ethnicity because he thought that racists liked asian people. Lol

[@myaccount5204]

Don’t go where you aren’t wanted. In 20 years, having a degree from an Ivy League school will be viewed as an indication that you were a recipient of special treatment and probably not that smart. I already feel that way

[@francescalittle]

Speak for yourself. All of my black friends had GPAs and SAT scores well above the mean for the Ivy schools we attended and we were also well-rounded. I neve felt like I didn't belong even if there were ignorant people who tried to suggest otherwise. I just find it interesting that all of the white legacy students never seem to struggle with that issue and they are the least qualified. It's this warped system of entitlement that disproportionately makes minorities feel guilty of their achievements.

[@NeygarzruinedAmerica]

I dont have a ivy degree. Im richer than majority of them. I became a real estate agent and them started flipping houses. I have a portfolio of around 9M no debt.

[@addimesorho]

why is this still an issue? wasn’t it banned?

[@xwrtk]

It still isn’t a major issue. It’s only a major issue at small colleges that openly discriminate against students of color so they can make their school as white as possible.

[@user1029xspl8dy]

Because colleges are still practicing affirmative action off the books by encouraging students to write essays about "how they will contribute to diversity" or gauging students' race through their last names/alumni interviews.

[@Mr10usdad]

@@xwrtk Give an example please of a college that wants to be all white. Also, what about black colleges?

[@xwrtk]

@@Mr10usdad Appalachian Bible College in West Virginia. A few of the Bible colleges. Longwood university has a bit more students and they want to be as whitte as possible at times but can’t. I knew someone who went for a year and dropped out due to it. KZbin censors certain words.

[@Mr10usdad]

@@xwrtk If that that is the case, I think it is terrible. I want equal admission for everyone. Those schools need legal action taken against them.

[@SunShine-ij9yl]

And now he can't blame black kids😂

[@anniealexander9616]

Do any black kids go there? ....not anymore 😂😂

[@ABCRE2]

@@anniealexander9616And now neither do asians. Womp wooomp😂

[@anniealexander9616]

@@ABCRE2 The money is in real estate. Only idiots are wanting to ruin their lives with loads of debt and a low paying job after graduation.

[@themac9677]

​@@anniealexander9616Ruin their lives? As an Aerospace engineer (and a black one at that). Our nation owes a great deal to scientist and engineers. We have the technology and luxuries that we do largely for the work of these fields and many others that require a formal education

[@anniealexander9616]

@@themac9677 I build fiber optics. Last year, I had an engineer mistake me for an engineer because I do the same damn thing he did. Two weeks before Christmas, my college educated boss lost her job because she wasn't making the company money. 40 other college grads lost their jobs during the same week. The difference is, I gave all my kids free homes because I invested in real estate rather than waste my money on college.

[@tigerlilly9038]

Those who fought AA (affirmative action) thought the people who where *NOT THEM* did not deserve to be in a place *THEY WANTED.* So now it seems that those same people are condemned by their own prejudice. That is something to digest.

[@Eeluon]

Per the harvard lawsuit, judge allison burroughs found _"harvards consideration of race favored black and hispanic applicants in a way it did not for asian americans or white americans"_ Burroughs also goes on to say, _"more than one third of the addmited hispanics and more than half of the addmitted african americans, would most likely not be admitted in the absence of harvards race-conscious admissions process"_

[@sssssssss111]

@@Eeluon Did this factor in the 40% white legacy admissions?

[@Eeluon]

@@sssssssss111 Nice whataboutism. Its good to know that the same people who pretend to care about fair admissions for poc, can not even bother to comment on the fact that affirmative action hurts asian american admissions

[@blackcherry6877]

This is proof blkppl benefitted the least from Affirmative Action that our ppl fought for.

[@jimmyjay689]

Your people fight each other...thats all everyone else sees

[@blackcherry6877]

@@jimmyjay689 Every group does especially yours. Thats all the world sees.

[@thezu9250]

@@jimmyjay689 literally every ethnic group is at risk of being harmed disproportionally by their own group of people. That’s why I don’t understand why people are scared of other ethnicities when they should be scared of each other.

[@Enkaybe]

True. Black people have never benefitted from it because white people always have the highest numbers of admission followed by Asians, before Black people! I always wonder how Black people benefitted from it when black numbers have always been low. Are they essentially saying that black people wouldn’t even be allowed in these schools if not for affirmative action?? Meaning black people don’t deserve to go to school is essentially what they’re saying if you think deeply! Now Asians fighting black people for those few spots when they should be fighting white people who are admitted on legacy admission, and their parents wealth. How are you fighting someone who barely has any spots and leaving the white people who are in those positions due to nepotism lol😂

[@jeromep3182]

Hmm seems like Going after blacks backfired hmm imagine that

[@chrislieu6757]

Noone went after blacks. Everyone has a right to fight against discrimination. And there was clearly discrimination.

[@XSNForte]

Asian applicants being rejected has more to do with competition then anything else. Get rid of legacy admissions if you really care about fairness.

[@mitchellwong1247]

It has to do with the percentage of the population that a minority constitutes. So, when you have a racial group who has out-performed ALL other groups yet only makes up 4 percent of the population of the nation (or in the case of a state's population for that state's medical school positions), you only allow four percent of that group's applicants in. Despite having the highest GPA's and MEDCAT scores of ALL groups, competition between Asians for the few existing spots allocated is intense. So you're right mentioning competition but if you can see, it's only competition between Asian students.

[@user1029xspl8dy]

Then how do you explain Harvard's "personality score" that consistently ranked Asians the lowest of all races? Are you implying that Asians have the poorest personalities? I agree about abolishing legacy admissions.

[@4minute60]

Asians won't complain and they won't get rid of legacy admissions or challenge it because that would mean challenging rich white people and Asians worship white people deep down. Asians are the honorary, undercover bigoted whites.

[@XSNForte]

@@mitchellwong1247 Given the amount of Asians in the world, you are competing against a lot of people who will apply from BOTH domestic and international. Internationals and out of state pay more in tuition. It's just all competition. University is more than just scoring. Score, as researched, is only one determinant of success in university.

[@alexjohn9627]

If you believe "competition" is an institution systematically favouring one race over another despite a lower sat and gpa then sure. Race is a significantly higher factor in admissions than legacy admissions

[@naoise555]

I can imagine a member of the Harvard admissions board rubbing their eyes and saying, "Gawd! if I have to read one more personal statement about, 'How being the child of Asian immigrant parents inspired my life's story,' I'm going to blow my friggin' brains out."

[@newlearner5560]

Most Asian immigrants parents put more pressure on their children to do well in school. Parents of all race groups should do the same. Unfortunately, many don't.

[@KaeMaiden]

​@@newlearner5560So why did the same Asians who had AA removed, had a protest to bring back AA just for them? They did this even after finding out that the biggest beneficiaries of AA were white women and that legacy allocation was a bigger part of the problem. Now they're upset because they realized they were used and their situations didn't improve...oh well, they should pull themselves up by the bootstraps. Nigerians have a very high representation in the best STEM colleges for their population size and they're the only Black demographic outearning foundational white Americans. Everyone should stop complaining and do better.

[@KaeMaiden]

​@@newlearner5560So why did the same Asians who had AA removed, had a protest to bring back AA just for them? They did this even after finding out that the biggest beneficiaries of AA were white women and that legacy allocation was a bigger part of the problem. Now they're upset because they realized they were used and their situations didn't improve...oh well, they should pull themselves up by the bootstraps. Nigerians have a very high representation in the best STEM colleges for their population size and they're the only Black demographic outearning foundational white Americans. Everyone should stop complaining and do better.

[@DALGOENT]

@@newlearner5560 why do you think East Asian products focus on replica’s instead of creation. It’s because the culture of being able to read and recite something is celebrated more than the creative passion. Getting good grades is easy with the correct structure.

[@Firecracker876]

@@newlearner5560if most Asians were so great then their countries would be great! How about they put the effort in their countries instead of invading the west. They are bots programmed to copy and paste! They are paying college admission experts to show them how to do their transcripts to get into college, those experts have made a fortune selling them a dream they’ll all get into Harvard with their copy and paste apps. Luckily reality is here to show them otherwise

[@TheKing75691]

Asian kids got to get over this Ivy League school nonsense you don't need it dude

[@willrose5424]

Exactly!

[@MisterJayTee]

agree with you but if the kid worked their ass off and is qualified. they should be able to get into the top 5 schools of their choice.

[@xx133]

same for legacy admissions. they need to get over it too.

[@Lachronix]

@@MisterJayTee a lot of people worked their ass off and don’t get what they want. He should just learn to deal with it.

[@blushihtzu]

That's not the point! The point is that he can choose to go anywhere he chooses. Yet, affirmation action (which is racist) prevents that.

[@kevinhoward9593]

its Harvard's loss.

[@zhuangcorp]

I think they will be fine. They're only the richest school in the world.

[@bebdaumon3948]

They don't lose anything. They always have full students attending. Everyone around the world wants to go to this university. They also made the standards for all Universities for their programs if they want international recognition.

[@Justsaying-cg2nz]

There are many talent all over the world. Having good grade does not meant he will be great in his achievement moving forward, do not forget nothing is guranteed in this world, including your IQ.

[@user-k4d-e59mo28oc]

@@bebdaumon3948 Indeed Harvard's _gained_ the likes of Claudine G.

[@jennifer-fk3eh]

Who's Harvard?

[@mikeing78]

As a mid 40s yr old person, I wish I could go back in time and tell my 18 yr old self that where you go to college doesn't matter all that much. If you have the perseverance to succeed, you will succeed no matter what. I have worked in a few fortune 100 companies and the one consistent thing about sr leaders (VPs and above) is that their backgrounds and schooling are diverse. Many are from colleges I've never heard of.

[@gregorypeterson9]

💯💯

[@abdosimon]

yes, but having a big name on your resume helps... no matter what anyone says, it still helps.

[@Joe-ti7qd]

Resume. Haha. Ill never have to write one again. #entrepreneurship ​@abdosimon

[@abdosimon]

@@Joe-ti7qd you kidding? Having a business is a damn lifestyle haha (and what a life too, if you are suited to it). Also you can lose all your money. Don’t be salty because your business is better than your resume lol (I say this with banter, no offense). Don’t forget - you own a business which has employees / resumes. More respect for the employee lol

[@Fred-t8q]

1,000 percent correct. I never heard someone say, I would have been a vice president, if I would have gone to Harvard. Talented and motivated individuals will succeed in life. Your university, gender, race, religion etc will not hold you back if you are determined to succeed. May be an obstacle, but it’s one that you can overcome.

[@JessTalkTV]

All of those Asian people that voted to get rid of affirmative action, it's hard to feel bad for them because they didn't understand that it helped them and they helped mess it up for everyone

[@NeygarzruinedAmerica]

Cope they will be fine. Look at the highest earning income group in the US by race. Asians are on top

[@thezu9250]

@@NeygarzruinedAmerica I mean obviously, if you’re selecting immigrants with resources and education. You better be getting the best. Why do you think Nigerian Americans are also high up on that list. Black immigrants also keep the population at these elite schools higher. African-Americans are making more money so they can send their kids to better schools. It’s all about socioeconomic opportunity.

[@NeygarzruinedAmerica]

@@thezu9250 Keep coping. I grew up around alot of South Asians in NYC they were poor ive even had to buy my friends meals when we would hang out. More than half the specialized schools in NYC is Asian/South Asian. They work hard and are smart. Not freeloaders and criminals like Ns and some No englais Espanol ppl

[@Dofiji]

⁠​⁠@@NeygarzruinedAmericaWell, It did not work out as intended for them. Enrollment at these Ivy League Schools for them has barely improved.

[@alatusedits]

@@Dofiji it did work out for them. Harvard is 47% asian, and most of them went into harvard. And we dont have enough data since it has only been 1 year

[@curtmorrison5135]

Race should not be a requirement. What the hell is wrong with people. The smartest people should go to the smartest schools period. Advance the human race not got backwards. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@lainit.mcneal1666]

Affirmation Action was due to people being excluded due to race and gender. White women have benefited tremendously. This is American, race will ALWAYS be an issue, it's in our Constitution.

[@arain764niara]

Race was never a requirement. Seems like you are missing the point entirely.

[@BluePrada]

What do you mean requirement??

[@curtmorrison5135]

@@BluePrada as in if you don’t have good enough marks to get in you are “required” to be black.

[@MaryLab2930]

when applying to these colleges through common app, you are not required to tell admissions your race. you can specifically select a box that says “do not share my race”. that’s what i did. also, there are many, many, MANY smart students who are qualified to attend these elite colleges, but they obviously don’t have room for all of them. how do you differentiate applicants from each other? you look at legacy, their extracurriculars, essays, etc. i really think the entire admissions and college system needs to be abolished and worked from the ground up in the u.s. because tell me why it costs a FRACTION of what american universities demand in europe.

[@devnerdgirl4638]

I remember when I was in high school. I had great grades and extracurricular activities, but my White and Asian classmates told me I didn’t deserve to get into a prestigious university and that it was easy for me because I’m black. Now I’ve been a software engineer for 10 years, but still feel like an imposter, despite how much my team relies on me and despite the accolades. I’m still processing this experience and I don’t really know what to make of it.

[@Firecracker876]

They hate being compared to a stereotype it love to put black people as a stereotype. I’m a software engineer as well and work from home. My team never seam my face, people were very friendly to me and send me jokes, but at our onsite when they met me they became cold because they thought I was white and not black. They didn’t invite me out, they didn’t sit with me, they didn’t talk to me, but they did embrace others who they share race with. It was obvious they were disappointed I was black, they believe a stereotype and refuse to let it go so they put us all in a box

[@devnerdgirl4638]

@@Firecracker876 😞 I’m so sorry you had that experience. I’m sure you know that how they treated you is a reflection of them not you. I remember showing up to an interview and one guy(the manager) in particular was visibly disappointed, but he was begging me to stay when I turned in my 2 weeks notice 4 years later. I left because my manager was hella racist and sexist. I think if it were solely up to him I wouldn’t have been hired, but I got everything right during the technical interview and some of my teammates were really supportive.

[@anoura8463]

While I cannot compare as I am Asian, I agree somewhat with the imposter syndrome. Having gone to a public school then going to a top LAC, I felt outliered by class. People were always trying to one up one another either by status or by smarts, and I felt outliered in that way bc I felt I wasn't smart or rich enough. I'm sorry you felt this way at work and in college.

[@RealDealy]

YOU will always be seen as competition cause you are seen as the bottom in this racist society. UNTIL FBA(Foundational Black Americans) accept we are in a war for resources, nothing will make sense to you If you really want answers, go read Francess Cress Welsing's "Isis papers", along with start listening to Tariq Nasheed, he get's it, and explains how to move in plain english. Peace, and stays strong, EVERYONE is gonna be envious of you cause you made it, and they didn't, and they had HELP, even some of our own women sold out, and hate to see BM doing good without them in the picture. Being a King is tough!

[@RealDealy]

YOU will always be seen as competition cause you are seen as the bottom in this racist society. UNTIL FBA(Foundational Black Americans) accept we are in a war for resources, nothing will make sense to you If you really want answers, go read the "Isis papers", along with start watching the hidden colors series Peace, and stays strong, EVERYONE is gonna be envious of you cause you made it, and they didn't, and they had HELP, even some of our own women sold out, and hate to see BM doing good without them in the picture. Being a King is tough, but it's worth it, just gotta find a Queen who get's it, as well!

[@Playboyy1985]

What is it 35-40% or accepted students are legacy or children of faculty. That has a much bigger impact than affirmative action.

[@dragonyong7574]

7:15 What does she mean when she says "students of color?" Does she mean Asians are colorless? She basically has implicit bias that "students of color" = "black and Hispanics"

[@Flexed_qt]

What color are Asians? And don't go saying yellow 🟡

[@Richfield777]

White is a color soooo yea. Legacy should be abolished though

[@gobiscout8596]

Yea, she means black people. Do you live under a rock? What do you think of when they say students of color? You know damn well the expression refers to blacks, otherwise you wouldn't even comment. Literally water fountains, bathrooms, and restaurants would say "no coloreds" during segregated times.

[@jaes9812]

Exactly! Filipinos are “brown” and so are South Asians. It should be meritocracy not pity admissions.

[@Drownedinblood]

There's a new thing now where asian people are no longer seen as poc, but white, but white people definitely don't see asians as white..and asian people don't have white privilege, so limbo.

[@atlanticgirl76]

I've been teaching for 20 years. Special students carve their own paths, and they don't need Ivy leagues to do it!

[@babyamyxo-o6c]

So true!, the competent don't need an Ivy tag, but I guess that also means they don't need Affirmative Action right?🙃

[@min-yishen9324]

take home message: nothing has changed.

[@danieley4]

I know thank goodness

[@Kirasfox]

Oh, so you mean......black folks are actually getting in because of how smart they are and the work they put in...... and not because of their skin color??? Omg, what a surprise 😮

[@TerryHausenn]

@@Kirasfox Harvard admissions literally adds points to applications based on race. Native American and Black receive the highest additional points.

[@Kirasfox]

@@TerryHausenn it literally doesn't

[@TerryHausenn]

@@Kirasfox You could have spent that time looking it up instead of commenting lmao this is not the first ruling against Harvard for doing this.

[@serraangel7465]

I cant believe he doesnt want to get a scholarship. He could go to most schools free.

[@nilawarriorprincess]

That's the real issue, why value an ivy league over being debt free?

[@anoura8463]

@@nilawarriorprincess Prestige and trying to look better than others. The Asian community is so toxic when it comes to college admissions

[@Julius064]

Just saying my sisters gpa and sat scores were higher and she didn't get into harvard. Theres literally thousands of students with higher scores than this young man

[@Julius064]

Literally 5 minutes later the black woman who applied and got in had higher scores than him just lmao

[@c.rutherford]

I'm a white male and applied at the State of Illinois with A grades in 1997, haven't been called for an interview yet for one of those landed State jobs with bennies. And I have a college degree. Still waiting for that white privilege to kick in

[@Julius064]

@@c.rutherford Who is even talking about that? Maybe its your lack of reading comprehension thats the issue.

[@c.rutherford]

@@Julius064 oh its relevant even if you can't see it

[@c.rutherford]

and doubly relevant if KZbin hides the comment! Then you know its something worth repeating lol

[@Rudenbehr]

Apple CEO is from Duke, sky is the limit for this guy regardless of where he went!

[@Fiftycents50]

Ivy League Plus…but NOT Ivy League.

[@GerardoNava-b6o]

If you have the qualities of a ceo you’ll succeed if you put your mind to it don’t know why college matters Harvard offers their classes online for free if you really wanted to you can get Harvard level education and a bachelors from somewhere else for lower the cost without aid, find an accredited teacher or professor online and you get a good education from KZbin lol the only thing I’d say is worth an Ivy League is the connections and prestige but if you have work certifications and a bit of persuasion the gap between the two is not that different, a simple connection and that’s all u need to get the job.

[@stevenalvarado-doc7334]

@@Fiftycents50 anymore the idea of that places like Harvard are elite is nonsense.

[@SM-si5]

Going to Ivy League schools is irrelevant

[@gobiscout8596]

@@Fiftycents50 I can tell by this comment that you dont know anything about academia. You do know that Stanford, MIT, Duke, Uchicago and Caltech are all non ivy leagye right? The Ivy league is an athletic conference.

[@mexifry222]

The news doing propaganda for over priced degrees that don't promise you a successful career anymore. These are money traps and the promotion of them needs to stop.

[@travel4lifej78]

Why can't the colleges get rid of legacy admissions from the rich families. I personally feel like those students are not as qualified as their peers.

[@meliacogan1586]

Duke is a great school with tons of programs and opportunities !! Congratulations, young man. Doors close and doors open. Sometimes it’s for the best and you will enjoy the Duke faculty, campus, and students much more❤

[@metallica2500]

And if he does well at Duke for his undergrad, Harvard might take notice in bring them right in when it comes to his masters or PhD

[@victoriawalsh3243]

Duke has had its fair share of controversy over the years.

[@wbharris1031]

@@victoriawalsh3243 Some of them are fake, like the Duke Lacross situation.

[@achildsheart4658]

Imagine a country giving away resources and not taking care of the people who already existed in your country.

[@pep590]

ABC News OF COURSE LEFT OUT THAT WHITE STUDENTS ARE ALSO HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD. All White people reading this should know that FACT! But the RACIST ABC news won't tell you that. White students needed to score roughly 300 points higher on the SAT's than black and Latino students for admission.

[@Michael9-23-15]

I don't need to imagine that. I see it here in the United States. Our government spending Billions on illegals while our citizens are in need. No imagination required.

[@dafish259]

Tf are you actually saying Are you saying we need free college education

[@deathlarsen7502]

Hussien Obama/Biden's USA

[@arawilson]

@@dafish259 Wasn't clear, but it's possible they're saying that slots shouldn't go to American applicants who have near perfect scores & extra-curriculars but who are Asian.

[@newjerseyselfdefense6199]

Lol @ the Asians who got rid of affirmative action and now they’re complaining they’re not getting in. 🤣😂🤣😂

[@WOOOOWWOWO]

But this also mean 0% black admission meaning no more black student.

[@girlboss2427]

@@WOOOOWWOWOblacks got HBCUs

[@sakibfuseini891]

​@@WOOOOWWOWO black people are still getting in at the same rate black people always have to earn their keep

[@Enkaybe]

@@WOOOOWWOWOAt least we got HBCUs lol😂

[@WOOOOWWOWO]

@@girlboss2427 exactly, so why need AA in first place??? Is just the fact y'all want asian to go down

[@leslieloudermilk3876]

All those Asians who let the Right Wing talk them into suing. It's over for them and i can't do nothing but laugh at them being duped

[@Meee22222]

Yup 🍿

[@candidone8544]

Meh. Affirmative Action laws never included Asians among the protected minorities.

[@ForApps-tp1dt]

​@@candidone8544 cope.

[@alexjohn9627]

The otucome is still iedentical, instiituions preferred people of your group who poorly perform on the sat and with poor gpas over individuals in the top 1% academically.

[@ForApps-tp1dt]

@@alexjohn9627 no one believes your lies anymore. Don't you have dogs to go tongue kiss?

[@Jhaakri]

Never hire a Harvard graduate - good to know

[@TheAnswerWillleaveyou]

@verity4427 In what fantasy world do you live?

[@nexusobserve]

​@@TheAnswerWillleaveyou sounds morw real than urs

[@sardonumspa8113]

@@JamieWoods00746So never hire whi…fee emails? Because that’s who makes up most of DEI hires and affirmative action recipients! Oops! 😂

[@tamreburns5669]

Biggest click in the United States. Harvard is hired by Harvard and unscrupulous business organizations

[@2law2be]

LOL most of the students from Harvards are white tho (35.4%) and the second group is Asians (21.7%).

[@Hopdog230]

It was a Canadian Asian who fought to ban affirmative action. No need to be mad at black ppl. Or even Americans. An Asian Canadian made sure Asians would not benefit from affirmative action.

[@afaha2214]

you welcome btw, if you look at canadian campus its dominated by asians because they dont discriminate at that level BUT in professional fields like medicine, legal, trade, they almost always have quota for asians. canada is just more subtle about it but just as discriminating. they sure like to argue about merit but its largely based on stereotypes and race. i just dont know how long they can keep ppl down before i dont know asians start no longer following the program.

[@Hopdog230]

@@afaha2214 I don’t live in America anymore and haven’t for over a decade. and I have been out of university for about 15 yrs now .. Wouldn’t allow any child of mine to step foot in the states at this point, let alone attend university there. Why risk them being pew pewed down trying to get an education. Thoughts and prayers. It’s like the hunger games over there. Affirmative action is the least of your concerns over there at the moment.

[@alexjohn9627]

they were not benefitting by affirmative action in the first place... they were one of the groups most significantly impacted

[@AllHope23]

​@@afaha2214 canada also has fewer black people and many more immigrants students

[@ashanean]

You see the Asians sued to get rid of A. They got what they wanted. That Asuan guy still didnt get into Harvard with all his qualifications. Can he blame Black prople now? It supposed to be a more level playing field. Still complaining. He didn't measure up.

[@thewanderer6388]

Blum used Asians to get affirmative action. He failed years ago using an unqualified white girl to protest affirmative and that forced him to changed his strategy and thus included Asians as a minority group being harmed also. in a few years Blum will have some case against Asians.

[@edmundlee4087]

Of course Harvard is still using race in admissions, they said they would as soon as the Court ruling came out. They would encourage applicants to write about their race in their essays. You don’t need a box to check to know this kid is Asian by his last name. Did you even watch this segment? How do his credentials not measure up? You don’t think a Black or Hispanic kid with his exact scores and extracurriculars would be accepted at every school they applied to?

[@DawnOfNobodysEra]

I wonder if all that crow they’re eating right now goes well with soy sauce.

[@emmanueldark993]

@@DawnOfNobodysEra LOL!!!!!

[@edmundlee4087]

@@DawnOfNobodysEra you’re one nasty racist aren’t you?

[@begthediffer]

I would rather hire a black or Latino candidate that made it through college. They have to deal with discrimination on the daily unlike white or asians who grew up in the burbs with internet

[@jtothed8575]

I would hire an immigrant

[@chrislieu6757]

That high school that this kid goes to, stuyvesant. 40% of the kids are on free/reduced lunch. 90%^ of the kids on free/reduced lunch are asian. Asians have a higher poverty rate than blacks in NYC. How did all these poor asians that came over in the 1965-1990 period (1990 we saw h1B visas increase to the point that you can't really compare the two groups) end up getting wealthier than whites? Are you really going to pretend that there wasn't daily discrimination against asians in living memory?

[@tommyquach3980]

u acting like all Asians are rich or smth

[@tommyquach3980]

But I get it most Asians are sorta rich. So they should do a system where income is a small part of the admissions where the less income or a zip code that is poverty stricken you have a like .2 - .5 extra percent chance to get in

[@Tommy-km4wo]

Word of advice to minorities, mostly first, or second-generation folk. Going to a high-ranking school is a give-and-take. When you graduate, you enter the world as a representative of said school. These schools want people who have the potential to be leaders, and creators of new concepts, systems, ideas, etc. They want people who can deal with tough situations and make it through victoriously. They want to know if you can lead a group even if they don't look like you (btw, Trying to rip opportunities away from Black and Brown people for your benefit was a bad look and not what leaders would do), they don't want to be associated with scandals, or bad decision-making (like removing Affirmative Action). They want you to represent them when you are gone. A test score and extra AP classes can't determine how you would handle challenging situations. Stop focusing on scores, no one really cares especially if your parents paid for it. They would rather have someone who got a high GPA without being handed unlimited resources, versus someone who depended on mommy and daddy. Removing Affirmative Action made it a bit more difficult for Asian people because it was an untrustworthy move, and was selfish. Imagine working with someone like that who would have the potential to create a hostile working environment to get a promotion rather than fair or unfair competition. Blaming other people for your failures just doesn't look as good as you think.

[@misterbrickest]

People should also note: Harvard's acceptance rate is ONLY 3.2% !!! So basically like 97 out of 100 people get denied. And almost exclusively ALL of these students have amazing grades from high school and other extracurricular activities that place them above other candidates like chess club, band, etc. Kids nowadays think they've failed at life if they didn't make it to one of the world's most prestigious universities.

[@zombieat]

you should see how low sat and gpa scores many of the people admitted to harvard have.

[@UmeSama2080]

This dude goes to Duke University, and he STILL has the nerve to complain on live TV 💀

[@The-Steve-The]

how did he complain?

[@ashlirabid9614]

Exactly 😂

[@手笨也得吃饭]

Why not? He felt he could do better. Duke maybe so far from you like there is no difference between it and Harvard, but for someone at that caliber, there is a difference and he deserves to know what make him not Harvard qualified. Is it because of there are people better or is it because of his skin color. Is this so hard for you to comprehend?

[@UmeSama2080]

@@手笨也得吃饭 News flash, affirmative action was declared unconstitutional JUST last year. And Duke is still a respectable university, so idk what you’re talking about

[@jae3101]

Yep. This is exactly what entitlement looks like.

[@lavernerowden8509]

It’s not affirmative action they need to worry about it’s the legacy kids.

[@mariposa9506]

It's both

[@lavernerowden8509]

@@mariposa9506 ww benefit from affirmative action more than bp ever have. It’s more of them. We are only 12% of the US population. They never mention that tho.

[@lavernerowden8509]

I’d also like to mention that colleges don’t just look at test scores. They look at grades overall, extracurricular activities, financial obligations, attitude, demeanor, the list goes on and on. There’s more to it than just test scores. I knew this one bm who was great at test he never did his school work but he scored super high on his test. Come to find out he was a genius and did horrible in school because he was bored.

[@OnceInALullaby7]

He didn’t get in because he attended one of the most competitive schools in the nation and typically, universities pick a limited number of students from each school. This high school is known for insane pool of kids who are ridiculously talented! In a sense, he was competing with his high school classmates who are ranking first in National and international competitions, national merits scholars, etc.

[@deebrown7160]

No they rather Blame the Blacks

[@IamHandsome4u]

​@@deebrown7160 iam pretty sure there are black people getting admitted who scored way lesser than him.

[@deebrown7160]

@@IamHandsome4u That's not possible anymore, remember the court ruled against it

[@deebrown7160]

@@IamHandsome4u Did any White people with lower grades than him still get in? Why only focus on the Blacks who are like 5% Much more Whites with lower grades get in than Blacks.

[@Luciene3]

I’m glad my parents didn’t place this dumb unneeded stress of trying to get in these so called “top” colleges. Plenty of schools provide a great education and if you’re actually passionate about your field and dedicated success will follow. Everyone in these types of videos are always going for Ivy League or some top school in their state just to end up in a bunch a debt with a run of the mill bachelors degree.

[@Stu49583]

I agree. Studying so hard and doing all kinds of extracurriculars just for the sake of getting into an Ivy league...it is just so shallow, you should do these things due to internal motivation and not to please your snob parents so they then can brag to their Chinese friends. This story of Asian parents pushing their children for social status without any thought about their child’s real aspirations is just so common that even my brother’s wife has been traumatized by this in her school years. It feels just so robotic and snobby at the same time. Different culture I guess.

[@devinwynn1299]

Who are you to tell someone what their dreams should be or to invalidate their aspirations? Go home, write out your goals and dreams that you want the most. I swear, somewhere someone is going to think they're stupid. If you're working and hustling for that fancy car or designer bag, I'm gonna tell you the ivy degree is more valuable.

[@Luciene3]

@@devinwynn1299 blah blah blah. Get over it and go to a college that wants you. Every dream doesn’t come true. Deal with it.

[@jaymoney9643]

@@Stu49583happening more and more in the Hispanic culture too, especially among the educated women. They’re so pressed to show everyone that they’re able to attend a prestigious school. In the meantime, Jose just got his electrical engineering degree from the small, 4 year college with minimal debt, making 90k at 24 years of age. Common sense goes out the window with these types. It’s pure ego driven stupidity.

[@devinwynn1299]

@@Luciene3 "my parents didn’t place this dumb unneeded stress..." well obviously, were your parents even around lol bro we can't keep lowering the net for the underperforming communities forever

[@pb.j.1753]

I am European and did an exchange year at a US college 10 years ago. I was shocked to learn about legacy admissions.

[@christianbryant5617]

You should’ve been even more in shock by the obsession of race from those progressive and corrupt leaders and educators lol

[@pep590]

It's mostly a far-left, anti-white racist lie.

[@juliuscesar4176]

Welcome to America!

[@PHlophe]

Legacy admissions are a thing in the top 2 schools in the UK, France , Germany etc.. numerus clausus ain't the only thing that get you thru the doors. so don't go acting as if it didn't start in europe before being a normalized thing in the US.

[@christianbryant5617]

@@PHlophe literally😭

[@jwonz2054]

He is naive, it was 100% a racial rejection for him. Tragic that America has become racist under the belief it makes it less racist.

[@richmondapore6114]

He didn't lose his seat at Harvard due to some "unqualified black or Hispanic kid"; he lost his seat to another Asian student. Why don't people get that it's Asian applicants themselves who have made it tougher, in a sense bottlenecking for other Asians to get into Harvard? Asians make up about 7% of the US population, but at Harvard, they comprise 19% of the population. Compare that to Blacks at Harvard, just 6%, while the US percentage of Blacks is 14%. Almost triple the number of Asian applicants apply to Harvard compared to Black applicants. Thus, if you're Asian, the difficulty in getting in isn't showing that you're a better applicant than, say, Kesha from New York, but rather proving you're distinct/unique from the hundreds and hundreds of other Asian applicants who also happen to be of Chinese descent, etc. And it's not even a racial issue. If it were Black Americans who were really obsessed with Harvard, then over time this positive feedback (where more and more Blacks apply, thus the standard/threshold for Blacks keeps getting higher, again a bottleneck/filter for the absolute best of the bunch) strengthens. Then you'll see stories like this of how Blacks are discriminated against because of their race...again, they are not. It's just that other Blacks have made it tougher for the average great Black applicant to get in over, say, the average White or Asian applicant. I don't know why people don't get this. Even during the time of Affirmative Action, it literally wasn't racially motivated that it was tougher for Asians to get in; it was a product of their own intra-competition. Harvard, just like your workplace or local park, surely wants people of all races represented, right? Unfortunately, the appeal for Harvard, commensurate to the induced heightened intra-competition within certain races, gives the false impression of racial discrimination. If you still think it's racially motivated and for whatever reason Harvard seems to love "unqualified Blacks" over very well-qualified Asian applicants, right? Then explain why MIT, another top-notch elite university which is on par with Harvard for its ultra-competitiveness and has NEVER practiced Affirmative Action, and just recently its Class of 2027 is 15% Black, which is even greater than the US Black population which again stands at 14%. People need to start thinking critically about these things and stop defaulting to the most simplistic and comforting conclusions.

[@vectorphoenix5992]

Brother, even with affirmative action Asians were mostly rejected in Harvard.

[@beethao9380]

White people who went to schools in the suburbs are not required to take the basic standards test to pass high school. Yet, so many racists run their mouth about the system. They want to protect their white privilege. I use to think why there isn't a "white" scholarship, etc. if there's one for minorities. Well, life experiences have shown me that they don't need one because the color of their skin provides them with white privilege in life. Employers would pick a white person with no experience and education over a minorities with education and no experience or a minorities with no education and experience every day of the week.

[@beethao9380]

And I have even seen a few times where they picked a white person with no education and experience over a minority with both education and experience. white privilege exists. white privilege is racism. If someone has ever flexed their white privilege, they ARE racist.

[@sardonumspa8113]

Yea and if that true then the person who most likely took his place was a whi…fee email! You know, the ones who got the most out of AA? You all forget to tell that part! 😂

[@huntercoxpersonal]

Everyone’s just out here serving their own interests. 🤮

[@deathlarsen7502]

now AA grads demand legacy for their AA kids. the hypocrisy

[@mzhappyfree7688]

False equivalence but that doesn’t matter to you does it.

[@lucienelson]

Can't blame the blacks. Every time they make progress they remove the next ring. Thank God he's endowed us when strength but sometimes you just are tired of fighting

[@deathlarsen7502]

@@mzhappyfree7688 did you finish public school?

[@mzhappyfree7688]

@@deathlarsen7502 if you are asking the question it implies you believe maybe I have or had not…. Which leaves me to wonder why … why would you even think that?

[@deathlarsen7502]

@@mzhappyfree7688 bc you aint none too bright

[@A-privilege-not.a-right]

“Have you seen an Asian kid around here?- Only when I open my eyes.” …Scene from Harold and Kumar at Princeton U.

[@Leomerya12]

This kid is entitled. He clearly thinks he's better than those who got in... or that they didn't deserve it.

[@lilmamagc]

mhm

[@NeygarzruinedAmerica]

They didnt deserve it

[@silencedogood7297]

My Black son graduated with Honors Masters' Degree without any help. He earned every A. He worked. He is respected and respectful. He left the US to live in Italy where he is treated like the good man he is.

[@DivamirtaFrancisElIbrahim]

Diversity selection nothing new

[@bustercam199]

Really. Italy is like 10 times more racist than the US. I have Italian acquaintances who use the N-word.. Also, Italy hates the immigrants from Africa simply because of their skin color. It's terrible over there.

[@skylarblaze636]

Your black son? Sure. 😅😅

[@Firecracker876]

If you put Asian it would get more votes, since they are racist and want to play the victim they will say your son didn’t deserve it. Now that AA is gone they will still cry if they aren’t picked and blame blacks

[@henrytep8884]

It was always legacy admissions that was the elephant in the room

[@gm6034]

Aka white students. Black people we have been saying that yet a lot of whites and some Asians ignored that and wanted to focus on AA even though it benefits white women the most.

[@comrademars1]

@@gm6034 Thank you 👆🏾

[@Bash70]

​@@gm6034 You realize there are people who want to get rid of both right? You act like it's either or. And you just conveniently ignore the black students who DEFEND legacy admissions like at 8:46 because it benefits themselves. Maybe just maybe stop putting people into boxes?

[@alexjohn9627]

quantitatively, no race-based admissions is a far bigger factor. This is also a terrible point because the abolishment of affirmative action and legacy admissions are not mutually exclusive.

[@xAA7]

for smart people, these kids really think a university will define them forever. Even if you got into a slightly worse school, you can make the world of it. use it as a motivator.

[@paulomilan515]

I hate when people imply affirmative action students are admitted by merit. There isn't a single college in the united States that does not require basic academic skill. The problem with elite colleges is they are high in demand with limited space and people who are picked are people closely affiliated with the school and that often leaves out minorities. I don't understand how people can tell african Americans to strive forward and don't realize by enrolling minority students it improves the communities these people come from.

[@soulglo45]

Striking down AA was only about hurting African American progress, nothing more.

[@drizz1256]

@@soulglo45 awww the little beta is gonna cry

[@soulglo45]

@@drizz1256 go gag on a door knob

[@drizz1256]

@@soulglo45 your girl was just gagging on my D

[@WOOOOWWOWO]

What progress?

[@laserquest_love]

I graduated from an Ivy League University for my master's degree. I can't find a good paying job and no one cares about where I went to school.

[@aaronwilliams4638]

Why are ya'll so obsessed with going somewhere that doesn't want to claim you. Go to a state school.

[@soufwesthoustontx]

Going to Ivy League school just means bigger debt. No one is impressed with your undergrad degree because it comes from an expensive college.

[@otisrbryantjr7348]

You have a whole country you can go back to. Where everything and everyone is equal. No discrimination just you and yours. No problem. Right?

[@alyciacooper2]

The Duke undershirt gave it away. 😮

[@uscitizen3252]

I noticed that, too. lol

[@decemberholiday3488]

Good luck to the students of color. I’m fighting for the black kids, especially the FBA. 🖤🖤🖤✊🏾

[@talitam.8414]

Interestingly enough nobody is fighting the legacy admission system that mostly benefits white students. I'm here after learning that the numbers of Asian students in Yale dropped, that of the black students remains steady and the number of white students has increased.

[@mathewadams8499]

But is it still higher than asians

[@soulanstreets222]

East Asians sticking to themselves is not a stereotype…..next time you are out and about and see an East Asian person with their group of friends, count how many of those people are also Asian. You will find that East Asians overwhelmingly have mostly Asian friends with the few token white kids. East Asians are notorious for self segregating…so this isn’t a stereotype as much as it is true 99% of the time across the board.

[@theprimitivista]

They self segregate and admit to coming from heavily anti-black families, countries and cultures. I'm genuinely perplexed as to why they even want to be an American environment.

[@krnpowr]

Next time you go out and see a group of white or black people, analyze how many non-white or non-black people are with them. Usually, hardly any.

[@qatarworldcupwinnermessi]

There was an Asian company near me that took money from the government to help them open up then hired only Asians and made the official language in the company Korean. Americans were rejected. These people are extremely segregated.

[@soulanstreets222]

@@qatarworldcupwinnermessi Report them if they’re still around. Have the government open an investigation. Some Black American women just got sued for using grants and only giving them to other Black women business owners. We need to stop letting other people get away with things they shouldn’t be doing. Asian often fly under the radar.

[@qatarworldcupwinnermessi]

@@soulanstreets222 It has already been handled. It happened in 2020 and Trump helped to end the madness by suspending work visas for people from Asia working at the plant. Also, they were warned that if they continue these practices, they will be sanctioned. My point is the audacity of them to be granted so much money, 2.6 billion dollar project we are talking about here, then do this on American soil. They segregated against Americans after taking American tax payer money, these people are crazy. I'm not talking about some barber shop here, it's a massive plant that was suppose to benefit the community, but they wanted it to benefit Asians only.

[@polarised2720]

This is America, where people literally justify discrimination and saying it’s to prevent discrimination.

[@dorino9057]

Affirmative action was struck down, so stop complaining there might be other reasons why you didn’t get in to Ivy league

[@polarised2720]

If you really believe it while Asians have to get higher scores to have a chance, so be it.

[@mzhappyfree7688]

How do you suggest this country remedy the intentional hard to African Americans/black peoples. If i rob you of a million dollars. It does not matter that I don’t have the money the state/govt will take everything I have today, tomorrow and beyond until I “make you whole” …. 400+ years and your answer is you can’t give help to those historically discriminated against to “make them whole” because it is reverse racism… Wouldn’t that be like making me pay back the money I stole is unjust to my kids who loose out

[@rap3208]

@@dorino9057 Just because it was struck doen doesn't justify it being there for decades in the first place. You mad because there's no more way you can get in them Ivy leagues?

[@deebrown7160]

@@rap3208 It's over stop complaining. Those schools don't want you get over it. Blacks were never the problem.

[@echung168]

I do hope that ABC follows up on this story after 6-8 years to see how this changes Harvard and other Ivy Leagues student body.

[@greatboniwanker]

Doing away with affirmative action just makes it easier for the billionaire class to keep their advantages to themselves.

[@HOZLiving]

As a doctor who is a biracial Jewish West Indian woman (so I have all the minority discriminates); believe you me Asians aren’t minorities when it comes to the Ivy, I went to Columbia I’ve seen it for myself.

[@bustercam199]

Right, and that's the problem. Asians are the majority at these schools and that's why places like Harvard have to rein in the tiger moms. It's not fair to white, black, red and brown folks.

[@Deathwink1]

Yeah but those 5% black students too their spots

[@4minute60]

@@Deathwink1 Either you're being sarcastic or think seriously about what you just said.

[@Deathwink1]

@@4minute60 I'm being sarcastic 🤌

[@alexjohn9627]

@@Deathwink1 those 5% with significantly worse grades, standardized test scores. So yes, they took spots that they didn't actually deserve.

[@StrueSlies]

In a perfect world merit should carry you but in that perfect world their also wouldn't be racist keeping you out no matter what your merits say.

[@BahDuest]

Lmao! Now you get to see just how equal you really are!!! Now you can't get in cause you got rid of the one thing that was forcing them to accept you if you was luxky!😂😂😂😂

[@simjaeyuns]

well, i hope the Asian American students who were so hell bent on AA "affecting their chance to get into college" feel HUMILIATED. LEGACY STUDENTS have always been favored over us POC students. AA helped EVERY POC student. Black, Asian, and Latinx. It's more than just race. It was about non-Legacy students vs. Legacy students. Hell, there are Asian, Latinx, Black legacy students too. But again, there is a very OBIVIOUS demographic getting into certain colleges and universities.

[@lilmamagc]

thank you

[@c.g.8724]

“I had to prove I’m not the stereotypical Asian.” Sounds familiar

[@Firecracker876]

Apparently racism is ok against blacks but that same racism against Asians is wrong. He assumed the black students didn’t deserve to be the and were a stereotype.

[@planoman0935]

Admission should be merit based only. No legacy, no racial consideration. Affirmative action was in place long enough to ensure generations of children from those who benefitted from it should be made to compete on merit, not race or legacy. Dr. Amanda Calhoun was raised in an environment where she should complete on merit, which she likely did & not race or legacy. If an applicant's merits and "stats" as people call them cannot stand on their own without race or legacy, there are other schools. We now see many schools bringng back test scores for admission. They now have data showing that admitting someone based on anything other than academic rigor, only hurts the student if they cannot do the work. Congrats to David & Joely on getting into Duke & Brown! They will be superb!