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slawww wrote:Well, you clearly are ignorant. Hmmm, only a few decades ago African Americans couldn't even use the same water fountains as whites. In the education race whites have a huge head start. It's pretty common sense, bud.

Swimp wrote:The way our society is structured makes it difficult for members of some communities (including those in the "URM" category) to get into positions of power. We, as a society, have decided that this is not optimal, and giving priority to URM law school applicants is one way we try to change that dynamic. While you may feel that this solution disadvantages you unfairly, it is meant to combat a whole host of unfair (and much more insidious) disadvantages faced by minority communities in this country. I don't think anyone would say it's a perfect solution, but a perfect solution probably doesn't exist.

kcam1991 wrote:

Swimp wrote:The way our society is structured makes it difficult for members of some communities (including those in the "URM" category) to get into positions of power. We, as a society, have decided that this is not optimal, and giving priority to URM law school applicants is one way we try to change that dynamic. While you may feel that this solution disadvantages you unfairly, it is meant to combat a whole host of unfair (and much more insidious) disadvantages faced by minority communities in this country. I don't think anyone would say it's a perfect solution, but a perfect solution probably doesn't exist.

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kcam1991 wrote:

Swimp wrote:The way our society is structured makes it difficult for members of some communities (including those in the "URM" category) to get into positions of power. We, as a society, have decided that this is not optimal, and giving priority to URM law school applicants is one way we try to change that dynamic. While you may feel that this solution disadvantages you unfairly, it is meant to combat a whole host of unfair (and much more insidious) disadvantages faced by minority communities in this country. I don't think anyone would say it's a perfect solution, but a perfect solution probably doesn't exist.

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danitt wrote:IBTL.

be(au)ar wrote:kind of ridiculous how race/ethnicity is the third-rail of TLS forums

be(au)ar wrote:

slawww wrote:Well, you clearly are ignorant. Hmmm, only a few decades ago African Americans couldn't even use the same water fountains as whites. In the education race whites have a huge head start. It's pretty common sense, bud.

Right, and putting under-achieving URM's in a class full of Harvard or Yale law students is surely doing the system justice. I agree URM's need to be well represented in law school, but I don't think they should be given such a significant boost when it comes to the top law schools. And with your personal jab, I ask you to resort to my earlier comment, bud.