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Hallelujah! You know you'll hear from folks who claim that they benefitted from affirmative action. Funny how that argument doesn't seem to work when the shoe is on the other foot.

Finally, fighting actual racism instead of made-up SJW racism.

I benefited from affirmative action. I received a fellowship in grad school that paid me $35k a year and health insurance. The goal of the fellowship was to "increase woman and minority participation in science". The best part was, they thought I was hispanic and that's why they gave it to me. They freaked out on the year end report when I checked off asian and white. They even asked me about it at the end of the year report and asked me to check off the box as hispanic.

Even with all of the drama side show shit, Trump has had a great first half a year even if I don't agree with all he has done.

Yup, first he shut down the tPP, renegotating NAFTA, looks like the border wall is on, working on reducing legal immigration,working on llegal immigration etc. Not bad-despite the establishment throwing everything and the kitchen sink at him. I feel bad for the guy-but we need him.

There are things that I don't like-Jare/Ivanka, thsi whole messiness , but otherwise super. I wasn't voting for some polished robot who says whatever you want to hear-Hillary!

theoakman says

I benefited from affirmative action. I received a fellowship in grad school that paid me $35k a year and health insurance. The goal of the fellowship was to "increase woman and minority participation in science". The best part was, they thought I was hispanic and that's why they gave it to me. They freaked out on the year end report when I checked off asian and white. They even asked me about it at the end of the year report and asked me to check off the box as hispanic.

I figured that any white person could do this is well, since it's basically an honor system anyway (although my Polish name might raise some attention).

zzyzzx says

theoakman says

I benefited from affirmative action. I received a fellowship in grad school that paid me $35k a year and health insurance. The goal of the fellowship was to "increase woman and minority participation in science". The best part was, they thought I was hispanic and that's why they gave it to me. They freaked out on the year end report when I checked off asian and white. They even asked me about it at the end of the year report and asked me to check off the box as hispanic.

I figured that any white person could do this is well, since it's basically an honor system anyway (although my Polish name might raise some attention).

you absolutely can, there's no mechanism in place and no legal way for them to check. But that being said, I only applied because the SJW professor in the department sought me out because in her mind, I was "that hispanic student". I didn't realize it was for minorities until I read the renewal proposal when they went for more funding. That's why they flipped out. They had legitimate concerns about losing the grant because some money went to someone that was asian.

Reminds me of the time I went to a job fair not knowing it was sponsored by the NAACP. I showed up wearing a suit wondering why there were only black people going in. It was awesome they had tons aerospace, federal/state law enforcement, and tech companies with nobody walking up to their booths. Everybody was in line to talk to Sony media for a job the line was about 400 yards long lol.

First, eliminate affirmative action for rich ppl, see Jared Kuchner below ...

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/2/16084226/jared-kushner-harvard-affirmative-action

Excerpt: "Kushner’s father, Charles Kushner, a wealthy and connected developer and political donor, helped him get in. But the details of just how that happened, described in Daniel Golden’s thoroughly reported 2007 book The Price of Admission, remain remarkable to this day.

What Golden found, essentially, was that Jared’s father handed Harvard (a school he did not attend) a big pile of money just as Jared was starting to apply to colleges. Around the same time, Jared’s dad got his US senator to contact another US senator to arrange a chat with Harvard’s dean of admissions.

Happily for the Kushner family, Jared was then admitted. But several officials at Jared’s high school outright told Golden that they found the choice puzzling, since his grades and academic record really didn’t seem to merit it"

and then, once the rich clowns are out ... go after the non-Asians and non-Whites.

zzyzzx says

I figured that any white person could do this is well, since it's basically an honor system anyway (although my Polish name might raise some attention).

Don't worry, get a MailBoxes etc address in Puerto Rico and no one will question it.