My favorite line in this article, (By the way, Republicans, your outrage at Hunter Biden’s criminality would be more credible if you ever mentioned the $2 billion Jared got from the Saudis.)
Trump's friendliness with the Saudi Royals is one of the reasons I want a replacement. Bush Sr., Bush Jr., the Clintons, and Trump have received money from rich Middle East monarchs. Have the oil rich Middle East nations been bribing the Presidency, House, Senate, and State Department, and Universities to influence US foreign policy? Of course, the media is silent.
ibn Saud created the nation of Saudi Arabia with his promise of clean, sharia justice, with his army of Ikhawan wahabi jihadists. America discovered oil, and ibn Saud's heirs became decadent. Osama bin Laden got mad at the Saudi Royal family for lack of piety, low oil prices, incompetent management, and the stationing of infidel American troops to close to Mecca & Medina. Does Trump know the history of Saudi Arabia? Probably not.
“True, it was going to be difficult to turn a case finally ending 50 years of discrimination against whites into a story about how whites are oppressing blacks, but you don’t know our media.”
Most Ivys have ended meritocracy and favor a holistic admissions scene in which the personal statement is critical. While most schools have large endowments, yet rely on the support of donors to maintain and grow. The stats will point out the racial make up of most of the donors.
Thank you for comparing Jared to Hunter. I think they both affected our country’s long term security negatively.
EXACTLY I've been screaming this from the rooftops all week. Anti-white racists think it's such a gotcha that X% of Harvard's white admits are legacies. Yes, partially because those are the only whites that Harvard will (reluctantly) accept, but mostly because legacies are obviously smarter on average. I was arguing with a bunch of morons in TikTok comments this past week and pointed out the obvious - that intelligence correlates with income and that intelligence is largely heritable. Thus it should be no surprise that students from wealthy backgrounds are going to score higher on average on standardized tests and comprise a larger portion of seats at top universities and medical schools. For that I was literally called a eugenicist.
Beyond legacy status not resulting in a boost anywhere close to BIPOC status, is no one going to point out that at best it helps you get into *one or two schools* that your parents went to? What if you don't even want to go to those schools (yes even if they are Ivy League)? News flash liberals: being black or Hispanic helps you get into EVERY SINGLE school. It also reveals how status-anxious liberals are, as Ann has documented well with her column "Olbermann’s Plastic Ivy." When I was applying to medical school this past year I was PRAYING that I would get accepted into a Florida medical school, which is very difficult as an out of state applicant. Even if one of my parents were doctors and I had legacy status at top schools like Johns Hopkins or UPenn, I can honestly say that that I would have still chosen the Florida med school I'll be matriculating at next week because I genuinely want to move to a state that reflects my values. But this is inconceivable to liberals who evidently think there's no way black and Hispanics can achieve success in America without an Ivy League degree.
Good luck with your career. I am a nephrologist. You might run into my nephew and his wife one of these days. They are recent Florida Atlantic med school grads
“These aren’t your allies, white people,” Ann correctly notes in discussing the plaintiff Asians in the AA case.
Keep that in mind when you read about the non-whites supporting us in the battle against CRT, against the gay agenda being taught in schools and against masking mandates. They will sell out whites and the issues important to us if and when they can get a better deal from the progressives.
Case in point is Senator Tim Scott’s reaction to “legacies:”
On “The Faulkner Focus,” a Fox News program, Senator Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina and a presidential candidate, said, “One of the things that Harvard could do to make that even better is to eliminate any legacy programs where they have preferential treatment for legacy kids.”
Just another reason to distrust and steer clear of Tim Scott. When the chips are down, as with the 2020 Floyd riots, he always supports “his” people, not you.
More to this point I've noticed on reddit that *most* of the Asians who profess to be against Affirmative Action are just mad that they themselves aren't benefiting from it. You'll hear all these tails of woe about how hard it was to grow up bilingual or whatever, and they basically believe that everyone should get a "boost" except whites.
I also see a lot of the more obscure Asian groups like Hmongs and the Bhutanese complaining about how they're not rich and successful like other Asians and therefore they should be entitled to AA. All I can think in response to that is they're making a very good case for an immigration moratorium. Why would we accept immigrants from peasant cultures that are immediately going to feel aggrieved against the US and demand set-asides? "Adios America" is as prescient as ever.
At least Jared Kushner is a legit businessman which is more than can be said about Hunter Biden who was given top executive spots solely because he was the son of vice-president who peddled influence for the pay offs to his relatives.
For the most part, Ivys are private institutions (except for the Cornell Ag School - famous for graduating Keith Olbermann) and, as such, they depend heavily on alumni support...so why shouldn’t qualified applicants whose alumni families have been supporting the institution get a leg-up over an equally or lessor qualified applicant with no connection?
If one really wants to pick the legacy fight, look to its practice in public employment; the time-honored organized labor practice of promoting/compensating based on seniority with no consideration of merit or, best of all, the low-threshold nepotism in Hollywood.
Some might disagree with Ann's assessment as to what Trump is all about, but there's no denying the whole Javanka thing is undeniably the third-world level stuff to treat family member and absolutely one of the worst of Trump legacy. I do believe as a campaign Trump had wonderful stuff. We just need someone to really do it without hiring family member to implement Dem's agenda.
If Harvard didn’t discriminate on the basis of race, instead of a student body that is about 43% white, 19% Asian, 11% black and 10% Hispanic, it would be 43% Asian, 38% white, 0.7% black, and 2.4% Hispanic, a 2013.
So whites would be disadvantaged by 5 points without affirmative action? That surprises me.
The legacy applicants were never my gripe. I was more concerned about unqualified blacks being my doctor. I also hated the social issues the unqualified used to mask lower skill level when enrolled in law and medicine. It was hateful and embarrassing.
I also wonder about sex discrimination. I had as female pilot the other day and I wondered if she was an affirmative action hire.
Like Ann, I hold no brief for "legacies." She is correct to point out that this could turn out to be a "be careful what you wish for" situation for the white haters. Children of affirmative action admittees in the past could be the ones most hurt. OK, they probably should be. One of the rationales for giving preference to legacy applicants is that schools need money and alumni who donate like to get something for their money. So, the gravy train keeps rolling. But many schools have obscene endowments and do not, in fact, need money. Plus encouraging more Jared Kushners is not good policy. Another rationale which holds some water is that children of alumni will likely have more allegiance to the school, appreciate it and take better advantage of what it has to offer, finish on time in 4 years, etc. But, on balance I would say get rid of legacy status as well as race and let merit rule.
From the perspective of employers and rent seekers, Asians are ideal replacement for whites. They can approximate our economic output with slave meekness and docility. We must kick the habit of making common cause with others on the basis of economics, crime and other shallow denominators. Our egalitarian tendencies are handicaps in dealing with outgroups.
Thank you Ann for the follow up crime story and digging deeper into and of the college admissions scandal. Yes. IQ is inheritable. But. There are a boatload of variables that exist to muck it up. To some,I state the obvious. To other-oblivious. Hey, unless broke, why fix it? Yes. “Alumni wholly different category than the kids of alumni.” There you have it. The dance of the “college fund fairy”Clearly as the folks pour in, are presently pouring in, in plain sight through the front door, back door, barn door, etcetera. Right in front of our eyes, the funds gotta come from somewhere……any which way, food trucks, mule trucks, white van trucks….. Sam Quinones and his book, your book recommendation is eye opening.
My favorite line in this article, (By the way, Republicans, your outrage at Hunter Biden’s criminality would be more credible if you ever mentioned the $2 billion Jared got from the Saudis.)
Trump's friendliness with the Saudi Royals is one of the reasons I want a replacement. Bush Sr., Bush Jr., the Clintons, and Trump have received money from rich Middle East monarchs. Have the oil rich Middle East nations been bribing the Presidency, House, Senate, and State Department, and Universities to influence US foreign policy? Of course, the media is silent.
ibn Saud created the nation of Saudi Arabia with his promise of clean, sharia justice, with his army of Ikhawan wahabi jihadists. America discovered oil, and ibn Saud's heirs became decadent. Osama bin Laden got mad at the Saudi Royal family for lack of piety, low oil prices, incompetent management, and the stationing of infidel American troops to close to Mecca & Medina. Does Trump know the history of Saudi Arabia? Probably not.
Great article. But, as always, Ann found a way to savage Trump.
As we all should.
“True, it was going to be difficult to turn a case finally ending 50 years of discrimination against whites into a story about how whites are oppressing blacks, but you don’t know our media.”
Brilliant.
Most Ivys have ended meritocracy and favor a holistic admissions scene in which the personal statement is critical. While most schools have large endowments, yet rely on the support of donors to maintain and grow. The stats will point out the racial make up of most of the donors.
Thank you for comparing Jared to Hunter. I think they both affected our country’s long term security negatively.
EXACTLY I've been screaming this from the rooftops all week. Anti-white racists think it's such a gotcha that X% of Harvard's white admits are legacies. Yes, partially because those are the only whites that Harvard will (reluctantly) accept, but mostly because legacies are obviously smarter on average. I was arguing with a bunch of morons in TikTok comments this past week and pointed out the obvious - that intelligence correlates with income and that intelligence is largely heritable. Thus it should be no surprise that students from wealthy backgrounds are going to score higher on average on standardized tests and comprise a larger portion of seats at top universities and medical schools. For that I was literally called a eugenicist.
Beyond legacy status not resulting in a boost anywhere close to BIPOC status, is no one going to point out that at best it helps you get into *one or two schools* that your parents went to? What if you don't even want to go to those schools (yes even if they are Ivy League)? News flash liberals: being black or Hispanic helps you get into EVERY SINGLE school. It also reveals how status-anxious liberals are, as Ann has documented well with her column "Olbermann’s Plastic Ivy." When I was applying to medical school this past year I was PRAYING that I would get accepted into a Florida medical school, which is very difficult as an out of state applicant. Even if one of my parents were doctors and I had legacy status at top schools like Johns Hopkins or UPenn, I can honestly say that that I would have still chosen the Florida med school I'll be matriculating at next week because I genuinely want to move to a state that reflects my values. But this is inconceivable to liberals who evidently think there's no way black and Hispanics can achieve success in America without an Ivy League degree.
Good luck with your career. I am a nephrologist. You might run into my nephew and his wife one of these days. They are recent Florida Atlantic med school grads
Thanks!
“These aren’t your allies, white people,” Ann correctly notes in discussing the plaintiff Asians in the AA case.
Keep that in mind when you read about the non-whites supporting us in the battle against CRT, against the gay agenda being taught in schools and against masking mandates. They will sell out whites and the issues important to us if and when they can get a better deal from the progressives.
Case in point is Senator Tim Scott’s reaction to “legacies:”
On “The Faulkner Focus,” a Fox News program, Senator Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina and a presidential candidate, said, “One of the things that Harvard could do to make that even better is to eliminate any legacy programs where they have preferential treatment for legacy kids.”
Just another reason to distrust and steer clear of Tim Scott. When the chips are down, as with the 2020 Floyd riots, he always supports “his” people, not you.
More to this point I've noticed on reddit that *most* of the Asians who profess to be against Affirmative Action are just mad that they themselves aren't benefiting from it. You'll hear all these tails of woe about how hard it was to grow up bilingual or whatever, and they basically believe that everyone should get a "boost" except whites.
I also see a lot of the more obscure Asian groups like Hmongs and the Bhutanese complaining about how they're not rich and successful like other Asians and therefore they should be entitled to AA. All I can think in response to that is they're making a very good case for an immigration moratorium. Why would we accept immigrants from peasant cultures that are immediately going to feel aggrieved against the US and demand set-asides? "Adios America" is as prescient as ever.
At least Jared Kushner is a legit businessman which is more than can be said about Hunter Biden who was given top executive spots solely because he was the son of vice-president who peddled influence for the pay offs to his relatives.
For the most part, Ivys are private institutions (except for the Cornell Ag School - famous for graduating Keith Olbermann) and, as such, they depend heavily on alumni support...so why shouldn’t qualified applicants whose alumni families have been supporting the institution get a leg-up over an equally or lessor qualified applicant with no connection?
If one really wants to pick the legacy fight, look to its practice in public employment; the time-honored organized labor practice of promoting/compensating based on seniority with no consideration of merit or, best of all, the low-threshold nepotism in Hollywood.
If the children of alumni score so well on the SAT and are capable of earning their admission through merit, why bother with a "legacy" advantage?
Some might disagree with Ann's assessment as to what Trump is all about, but there's no denying the whole Javanka thing is undeniably the third-world level stuff to treat family member and absolutely one of the worst of Trump legacy. I do believe as a campaign Trump had wonderful stuff. We just need someone to really do it without hiring family member to implement Dem's agenda.
If Harvard didn’t discriminate on the basis of race, instead of a student body that is about 43% white, 19% Asian, 11% black and 10% Hispanic, it would be 43% Asian, 38% white, 0.7% black, and 2.4% Hispanic, a 2013.
So whites would be disadvantaged by 5 points without affirmative action? That surprises me.
The legacy applicants were never my gripe. I was more concerned about unqualified blacks being my doctor. I also hated the social issues the unqualified used to mask lower skill level when enrolled in law and medicine. It was hateful and embarrassing.
I also wonder about sex discrimination. I had as female pilot the other day and I wondered if she was an affirmative action hire.
Ann, thank you for doing this research.
Always on target.
Well Done.
Like Ann, I hold no brief for "legacies." She is correct to point out that this could turn out to be a "be careful what you wish for" situation for the white haters. Children of affirmative action admittees in the past could be the ones most hurt. OK, they probably should be. One of the rationales for giving preference to legacy applicants is that schools need money and alumni who donate like to get something for their money. So, the gravy train keeps rolling. But many schools have obscene endowments and do not, in fact, need money. Plus encouraging more Jared Kushners is not good policy. Another rationale which holds some water is that children of alumni will likely have more allegiance to the school, appreciate it and take better advantage of what it has to offer, finish on time in 4 years, etc. But, on balance I would say get rid of legacy status as well as race and let merit rule.
From the perspective of employers and rent seekers, Asians are ideal replacement for whites. They can approximate our economic output with slave meekness and docility. We must kick the habit of making common cause with others on the basis of economics, crime and other shallow denominators. Our egalitarian tendencies are handicaps in dealing with outgroups.
Thank you Ann for the follow up crime story and digging deeper into and of the college admissions scandal. Yes. IQ is inheritable. But. There are a boatload of variables that exist to muck it up. To some,I state the obvious. To other-oblivious. Hey, unless broke, why fix it? Yes. “Alumni wholly different category than the kids of alumni.” There you have it. The dance of the “college fund fairy”Clearly as the folks pour in, are presently pouring in, in plain sight through the front door, back door, barn door, etcetera. Right in front of our eyes, the funds gotta come from somewhere……any which way, food trucks, mule trucks, white van trucks….. Sam Quinones and his book, your book recommendation is eye opening.