kuontom@kbin.social to Politics@kbin.social · 1 year agoActivists sue Harvard over legacy admissions after affirmative action rulingwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkActivists sue Harvard over legacy admissions after affirmative action rulingwww.cbsnews.comkuontom@kbin.social to Politics@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
A civil rights legal group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, calling it racial discrimination.
minus-squareMay@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year ago the practice of giving admissions priority to the children of alumni I didnt know this was even a thing that was allowed? That seems unfair, it’s like nepotism isnt it? I hope this doesn’t happen where I live :/
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoIt is similar to nepotism and is extremely common, if not universal, in private higher education in the US which is the context for this lawsuit. I doubt it is limited to the US since we tend to copy practices from other countries that help the wealthy stay in power.
I didnt know this was even a thing that was allowed? That seems unfair, it’s like nepotism isnt it? I hope this doesn’t happen where I live :/
It is similar to nepotism and is extremely common, if not universal, in private higher education in the US which is the context for this lawsuit.
I doubt it is limited to the US since we tend to copy practices from other countries that help the wealthy stay in power.
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