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aurigus · 10-11-2004, 11:30 AM

The "value" of increasing the likelyhood that a legacy will be admitted to a school is that the school will have a better chance of getting donations from an alumni "family" that is from the school. Welcome to capitalism.

I don't see how this is compared to affirmative action though. Affirmative action is based on race, this has no basis on race.

If the anti-legacy people are against that, then why not be upset over the fact that they don't let people with poor grades in? Isn't that discriminating by how "smart" you are?

10-11-2004, 11:30 AM	#21 (permalink)
aurigus Insane	The "value" of increasing the likelyhood that a legacy will be admitted to a school is that the school will have a better chance of getting donations from an alumni "family" that is from the school. Welcome to capitalism. I don't see how this is compared to affirmative action though. Affirmative action is based on race, this has no basis on race. If the anti-legacy people are against that, then why not be upset over the fact that they don't let people with poor grades in? Isn't that discriminating by how "smart" you are? Last edited by aurigus; 10-11-2004 at 11:40 AM..