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Newsflash! Black People Aren’t Keeping Whites Out Of College, Rich People Are
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Excerpted from a longer piece by Christine Emba for the Washington Post
The 200th day of Donald Trump’s presidency draws near, and his legislative failures have become all too apparent. What better time to change the conversation and re-energize the base? And what better way than by raising the lightning rod that is affirmative action?
According to a memo leaked to the New York Times, the Trump administration is planning to redirect Justice Department resources to investigat
You mean (((Rich))), right?
Exactly. So, speaking of legacies. Let’s talk about Jared Kushner. A graduate of Harvard University and New York University Law School (a fact that escapes the Trump defending talking heads when addressing Jared’s disability regarding his failure to properly complete forms for top secret clearance). His daddy, the felon-Charles Kushner, just happened to pledge $2.5 million to Harvard University not long before Jared was admitted to Harvard. Then, Charles gave $3 million to his alma mater, New York University, before Jared was admitted to that school. According to journalist Daniel Golden, in The Price of Admission, Joshua Kushner and Jared Kushner were admitted to Harvard after Charles made the $2.5 million donation to the university, with the Chair of Joshua’s high school’s science department noting that Joshua was a “hard worker” despite not being an “academic star.”
Golden states: ‘”There was no way anybody in the administrative office of [Jared’s high] school thought he would on the merits get into Harvard,’’ a former official at the Frisch school in Paramus, New Jersey, told me. “His GPA [grade point average] did not warrant it, his SAT scores did not warrant it. We thought, for sure, there was no way this was going to happen. Then, lo and behold, Jared was accepted. It was a little bit disappointing because there were at the time other kids we thought should really get in on the merits, and they did not.’”
Quite a legacy.
no wonder Trump and Kushner get along so well – both had rich daddies who paid the paths for their sons!
paved the path – Make progress or development easier, This expression alludes to paving a road so it is easier to travel on.
OH! a simple mistake in what they thought they heard….same results, right? No harm done, right?
– Murphy
Getting into college is easier if you: have $$$$, are white, have $$$$, worked hard in high school (GPA 3.0 or better), have $$$$, are a legacy, have $$$$. Getting into college is harder if you: don’t have $$$$, aren’t white, don’t have $$$$, didn’t work hard in high school, don’t have $$$$, aren’t a legacy, don’t have $$$$. Get it, got it, good.