Partner Track on Netflix- Thoughts? Forum

[Res Ipsa Loquitter]

You know having gone through law review selection and sitting through debates about candidates with our holistic selection process I was a little appalled at the way some of my progressive colleagues framed Asian and Jewish diversity statements. There were comments made that were dismissive of Asians dealing with adversity in comparison to other groups and some weird comments about Jews especially one about wealth distribution and how law is about building generational wealth and Jews already have a lot wealth so they should not be helped. Yes, that comment was quickly shut down by others but in a way that suggested it was the framing that was wrong and not the content. And then on the other side you had some people making insensitive statements about affirmative action and how it dilutes the brand of the law review, which, was harmful (this was more from the fed soc types) as opposed from the Jewish/Asian comments which were not.

Thankfully it was a very small minority of editors who engaged in this behavior, but I must say the whole thing felt like a complete mess and while I still think affirmative action and considerations of race are important for admissions and other criteria I am way more sympathetic now of those who argue that these programs can be hijacked by those who wish to exclude or limit the number of Jews and Asians.

Anyways, just thought I would put my 2¢ in.

Many, many people secretly think these thoughts. They just have the good sense not to say any of it out loud in polite company.

Person you're replying to. Unfortunately you're probably right and those are the mot dangerous because they are much more effective in their agendas whether it be discriminating against African-Americans, Jews, Asians, etc...

I’ve actually seen many African American or Black individuals who clearly don’t like — and are biased against — both Asians and Jews. We’ve also had a lot of hate crimes here in NYC to that effect.

Many of these problems, in my opinion, stem from the reductive casting of massive groups of people as oppressors and oppressed. Law schools, and universities generally, have done a horrible job in this respect. Unfortunately they’re unlikely to be held to account for the division they’ve sowed, although there are rare exceptions (e.g., Oberlin lawsuit).

[legalpotato]

My personal experience as a v10 M&A lawyer working on a marquee deal was staying up all night multiple nights in a row, in my underwear, miserable as fuck. And then aggressively turning down any other marquee deals in the future.

Is the show accurate to my anecdotal experience?