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You're conspicuously ignoring the initial point I made in my post, that being a URM is valued more highly than being an "exceptional talent" at a number of elite Universities. And …

Of course they do. Consider this research: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/04/09/new-research-... Among elite Universities that initially do a holistic review of applicant…

There are many ways to judge someone aside from "race", whatever race really means anyway. Race should have nothing to do with it. It shouldn't be part of the equation. That's the …

Except being a URM (under represented minority) individual is one of the most beneficial factors for admission at elite colleges. The statistics clearly show this.

>"[Harvard] lashed out at the founder of Students for Fair Admissions, Edward Blum, accusing him of using Harvard in an effort to orchestrate a challenge to race-conscious admissio…

This is similar to what I've noticed in my own experience of emotional highs and lows. Sometimes I feel myself enter into a period of excitement and activity that lasts for a few d…

Except given the data they provide, boys in middle class families also seem to be doing better than girls. Boys in general like math more than girls. Math is a competitive exercise…

Many Asians came here with nothing, like many American immigrants before them, and through hard work and a culture centered around education and achievement have become one of the …

>"Adams took sudden and unexpected action, rejecting the anti-French hawks in his own party and offering peace to France." Adams considered the peace he established with France as …

I've experienced similar feelings, especially when faced with work that requires, as you say, "tediously assembling all of the glue". Coding is most fun when you're working on solv…

I wish him luck. While I believe border security is very important, a physical wall from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico seems unnecessary given the advanced surveillance we have…

If your real goal is "unity and equality", then everyone should learn one language. Then, because different languages often foster different cultures, we will eliminate significant…

It's funny how cynics scoff when Americans take pride in being "free", as if the rest of the world has caught up to the US or even passed it in measures of freedom. What recent exp…

Again an example of how agendas are pushed using the selective publication of truth. Of course massive amounts of propaganda is spread by the Palestinians but BuzzFeed would never …

But why is it a problem? Why should we impose quotas? People are people, all distinctions just exist to divide us. If you're hiring based on qualifications and ability to do the jo…

On average they do better than whites financially. So basically on average their quality of life is better.

There was a time when there were no people of Italian descent in positions of success in America. How is it that largely impoverished Italian migrants where able to achieve parity …

"since no one that is poor or disenfranchised can rise from poverty to wealth on their own." That's where the liberal view collapses. The experience of history shows that many once…

Many once marginalized groups do exceedingly well in American society today. Quality public and private education is available to black students, but one major problem is that inne…

So propaganda to counter propaganda?

>"The spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said the policy had “led to people caught entering the country irregularly being subjected to criminal prosecution and having their children – i…