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		barrkel on Dec 4, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Some Asians' college strategy: Don't check 'Asian' I thought the thread was about college admissions, which at their best, really ought to be about individuals, not groups.

sliverstorm on Dec 4, 2011 [–]

Perhaps in an ideal world, but for better or worse we're currently stuck with everyone looking at ethnic distributions and being really upset about them. Affirmative action, for example, is probably the counterpoint to admissions being about individuals...

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