Comments by "No Fate But What We Make" (@SonoftheAllfather) on "BREAKING: Affirmative Action in College Admissions Finally Dies... AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" video.

There is a lot of ignorance surrounding this case. It's not going to make admissions race-blind. The Asian parents argued that their kids should be exempt from racial discrimination. That's it. They could have made the argument for race-blind admission, but they didn't go down that road, because they knew it would be harder, and at the end of the day, they were only concerned about their race, not some higher principle about racial discrimination. So now, the only group that will be discriminated against is White kids, which has been the case for decades now. They'll remove more qualified White students to make room for less qualified non-Asian "diversity," but they won't be removing Asians anymore. This case basically just preserved their "protected minority" status, even though 40% of the student body of Harvard is already Asian, and Asians already have far better educational and economic outcomes than Whites at this point.
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Bud, I'm not trying to defend the commies, and I'm against race-based admissions, but being Hispanic is more than just having brown skin, wouldn't you say? Not meaning to nitpick you, but I have a pet peeve about people reducing ethnicity/culture (Hispanic identity is complicated) to some minor characteristic like skin color. It simply isn't accurate, and is sometimes done as a way of being reductionistic and deceptive.
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This case didn't kill affirmative action. Tarl should have done a little bit of research before pretending like he understands this case/ruling. This ruling isn't going to make admissions race-blind. The Asian parents argued that their kids should be exempt from racial discrimination. That's it. They could have made the argument for race-blind admission, but they didn't go down that road, because they knew it would be harder, and at the end of the day, they were only concerned about their race, not some higher principle about racial discrimination. So now, the only group that will be discriminated against is White kids, which has been the case for decades now. They'll remove more qualified White students to make room for less qualified non-Asian "diversity," but they won't be removing Asians anymore. This case basically just preserved their "protected minority" status, even though 40% of the student body of Harvard is already Asian, and Asians already have far better educational and economic outcomes than Whites at this point.
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There is a lot of ignorance surrounding this case. It's not going to make admissions race-blind. The Asian parents argued that their kids should be exempt from racial discrimination. That's it. They could have made the argument for race-blind admission, but they didn't go down that road, because they knew it would be harder, and at the end of the day, they were only concerned about their race, not some higher principle about racial discrimination. So now, the only group that will be discriminated against is White kids, which has been the case for decades now. They'll remove more qualified White students to make room for less qualified non-Asian "diversity," but they won't be removing Asians anymore. This case basically just preserved their "protected minority" status, even though 40% of the student body of Harvard is already Asian, and Asians already have far better educational and economic outcomes than Whites at this point.
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This isn't the win you think it is. It's not going to make admissions race-blind. The Asian parents argued that their kids should be exempt from racial discrimination. That's it. They could have made the argument for race-blind admission, but they didn't go down that road, because they knew it would be harder, and at the end of the day, they were only concerned about their race, not some higher principle about racial discrimination. So now, the only group that will be discriminated against is White kids, which has been the case for decades now. They'll remove more qualified White students to make room for less qualified non-Asian "diversity," but they won't be removing Asians anymore. This case basically just preserved their "protected minority" status, even though 40% of the student body of Harvard is already Asian, and Asians already have far better educational and economic outcomes than Whites at this point.
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@RCSVirginia Yes, exactly. It will at least provide some precedent, which is very helpful, I admit.
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@ibnzboy2009 I don't know why a person would use that figure of speech if they know it's idiotic and misleading. In my experience, it's almost invariably used in a deliberately deceptive way by people who are seeking to minimize the complexity of race and ethnicity for whatever reason...usually because it's politically expedient for them at the time they use the figure of speech. Anyways, I'll leave you alone now. Not trying to attack you or anything, I'm just autistic about that.
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@ibnzboy2009 Hilarious that you're implying that I lack intelligence (in that weasely passive-aggressive way) because I refuse to engage in some thought-terminating liberal cliché and reduce race to something as trivial as the color of someone's skin. Honest people who use their brain don't use that figure of speech. I think it's you I was giving too much credit.
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@prometheus5700 It absolutely is true. If you actually researched this case, you'd know that. But instead, you just deny something without even knowing the truth.
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@ibnzboy2009 Pathetic deflection, but exactly what I'd expect from a guy who refers to ancestry as "sKiN cOLoR." Also, why did you put "commie" in quotations? Are you denying that leftist identity politics are inherently communistic?
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The plaintiffs in this case only argued that Asian students should not be discriminated against to make room for less qualified non-Asian "diversity." It isn't going to make admissions race-blind, it was basically just them arguing that Asians should retain the same privilege as a protected minority that non-Asian "diversity" enjoys. So now, only White students will be disqualified to make room for less qualified non-Asian "diversity," which is basically how things were before these universities started disqualifying Asians as well. About 40% of Harvard's student body is Asian, and they represent only 5% of the national population. Asian educational and economic outcomes surpass all other groups across the board. So this isn't really about disrupting these administrators' efforts to cook the books and maintain a facade of equal outcomes so much as it's purely about upholding the cultural Marxist white/nonwhite oppressor/oppressed narrative. It's not a win for conservatism or race-blind admissions. This hurts White students.
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@prague7706 Lol yeah no.
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Whites will continue to be discriminated against even after this ruling. The only thing this ruling did was make it illegal for colleges and universities to discriminate against Asian applicants. It basically just preserved their special status as a "protected minority group" even though their outcomes are wildly superior to other groups. I'm not saying they should be discriminated against, but in my view, the only true win is race-blind admissions. This ruling will hurt White applicants the most, because now they'll be the only group that's disqualified to make room for less qualified non-Asian "diversity."
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@debanydoombringer1385 There will still be a portion of the admissions process where students submit an essay explaining how oppressed they are, etc. etc. The administrators will then use their subjective opinion and voila...race is still going to be a factor. Harvard already made the announcement that they're basically going to ignore the decision without really saying it. Other universities will follow suit. But because Asians were the plaintiffs in this case, they'll stop discriminating against them, and White applicants will then bear the full brunt of their racial discrimination.
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@prometheus5700 Read comment above.
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This ruling isn't going to kill affirmative action. It's only going to make it so Asian students can't be disqualified to make room for less qualified Black and Hispanic students. The only applicants that are going to be disqualified now are White applicants.
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Only for *Asians in colleges. The discrimination against White students (to make room for less qualified "diversity") will continue. All this ruling did was preserve the "protected minority" status of Asian applicants, who are already 40% of the Harvard student body (at only 5% of the national population) and have better educational and economic opportunities than any other group, white or nonwhite. This ruling did nothing but preserve special privilege for a group that is already doing better than any other group. Now the DIE agenda will again exclusively discriminate against white applicants. And white conservatives are cheering for this. lol
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By disqualifying a more qualified white applicant. You do realize this ruling only protects Asians from being discriminated against, correct?
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False. White students will now face the full brunt of the education system's racist affirmative action efforts. You do realize this ruling only protects Asians from being discriminated against, correct? It's was purely an argument that they should retain their special privileges as a "protected minority group," even though their outcomes are clearly far superior to any other group in the country.
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