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Why are GLBT people not URM?

What evidence do you have that GLBT people are underrepresented in the legal field?

Because schools say so.

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Probably because its harder to verify

I'd say the L and the T, not so much the G or the B.

because we're still rich and white

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paulinaporizkova wrote:because we're still rich and white

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Speak for yourself.

dr123 wrote:Probably because its harder to verify

This. I would absolutely pull a Chuck and Larry if it got me into HYS.

Upton Sinclair wrote:

dr123 wrote:Probably because its harder to verify

This. I would absolutely pull a Chuck and Larry if it got me into HYS.

Sup.

paulinaporizkova wrote:because we're still rich and white

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No.

paulinaporizkova wrote:because we're still rich and white

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Tell that to the black trans female sex workers I had for clients last summer.

Bildungsroman wrote:What evidence do you have that GLBT people are underrepresented in the legal field?

+1, and prob the verification issue adds to that

1. GBLT are over-represented, at least at my school and in my market.

johnnyutah wrote:

paulinaporizkova wrote:because we're still rich and white

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Tell that to the black trans female sex workers I had for clients last summer.

Well that's the point isn't it. The disadvantaged people within LGBT are usually URMs. Rich white gay people on the other hand really don't have that many problems. Trans people might be the only exception to this rule. Not sure if we have enough data to say whether they are underrepresented in the legal field though.

GLBT is a sexual orientation, not a racial background. Apparently, in law school, race > sexual orientation.

paulinaporizkova wrote:because we're still rich and white

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This is pretty narrow minded. The most disadvantaged people in the group you subscribe to are poor and minorities.

ResolutePear wrote:

Upton Sinclair wrote:

dr123 wrote:Probably because its harder to verify

This. I would absolutely pull a Chuck and Larry if it got me into HYS.

Sup.

LOL

Corwin wrote:

johnnyutah wrote:

paulinaporizkova wrote:because we're still rich and white

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Tell that to the black trans female sex workers I had for clients last summer.

Well that's the point isn't it. The disadvantaged people within LGBT are usually URMs. Rich white gay people on the other hand really don't have that many problems. Trans people might be the only exception to this rule. Not sure if we have enough data to say whether they are underrepresented in the legal field though.

(1) My point was just that not all LGBT folks are rich and white.
(2) There are most certainly white LGBT individuals who suffer a great deal of disadvantage because of their LGBT status - they just don't live in the upper-middle-class coastal neighborhoods that most law students come from.

johnnyutah wrote:

Corwin wrote:

johnnyutah wrote:

paulinaporizkova wrote:because we're still rich and white

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Tell that to the black trans female sex workers I had for clients last summer.

Well that's the point isn't it. The disadvantaged people within LGBT are usually URMs. Rich white gay people on the other hand really don't have that many problems. Trans people might be the only exception to this rule. Not sure if we have enough data to say whether they are underrepresented in the legal field though.

(1) My point was just that not all LGBT folks are rich and white.
(2) There are most certainly white LGBT individuals who suffer a great deal of disadvantage because of their LGBT status - they just don't live in the upper-middle-class coastal neighborhoods that most law students come from.

I hear ya. You didn't work at SRLP last summer did you?

Corwin wrote: I hear ya. You didn't work at SRLP last summer did you?

No, but I've heard that they do good work.

The whole point of giving boosts to URMs is that they're underrepresented and disadvantaged as a group. There is no reason to think that sexual minorities would have a harder time getting into law school than straight people, and they aren't underrepresented. There is no need for a boost.

GLBT shouldn't be a URM, because sexual orientation should not come up in school or hiring.

ImpatientlyWaiting wrote:There is no reason to think that sexual minorities would have a harder time getting into law school than straight people

I can think of some reasons that sexual minorities would have a harder time getting in to law school than straight people.

johnnyutah wrote:

ImpatientlyWaiting wrote:There is no reason to think that sexual minorities would have a harder time getting into law school than straight people

I can think of some reasons that sexual minorities would have a harder time getting in to law school than straight people.

Again, there's no evidence to suggest that they actually do have a harder time.

ResolutePear wrote:GLBT shouldn't be a URM, because sexual orientation should not come up in school or hiring.

And race should?