Ummm, you are aware the author is discussing and quoting this study http://www.amazon.com/Longer-Separate-Not-Yet-Equal/dp/06911... that was done by a couple of Princeton sociologists??? Is this a riff on "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose"?
Whatever. It was the Princeton types who said "Excelling in career-oriented activities is associated with 60 or 65 percent lower odds of admission", that is, having a leadership position or having achieved something significant in e.g. 4h, FFA, JROTC was crippling for your admission chances.
Let me finish by quoted the final bit from the two eeeevil Manhattan Institute scholars (Neili is from Princeton as well and wrote the first of their two articles on this study):
"As Nieli wrote: "The lower-class whites proved to be all-around losers... Having money in the family greatly improved a white applicant's admissions chances, lack of money greatly reduced it." If you read the whole book, the prejudice of the elite schools against poor whites seems clear. As a political issue, this is a sure bet to gain ground."
America's ruling class likes to pretend it's a meritocracy but studies like this show it's anything but. And that's indeed going to continue to be a major political issue. Discrimination has ugly consequences.
Whatever. It was the Princeton types who said "Excelling in career-oriented activities is associated with 60 or 65 percent lower odds of admission", that is, having a leadership position or having achieved something significant in e.g. 4h, FFA, JROTC was crippling for your admission chances.
Let me finish by quoted the final bit from the two eeeevil Manhattan Institute scholars (Neili is from Princeton as well and wrote the first of their two articles on this study):
"As Nieli wrote: "The lower-class whites proved to be all-around losers... Having money in the family greatly improved a white applicant's admissions chances, lack of money greatly reduced it." If you read the whole book, the prejudice of the elite schools against poor whites seems clear. As a political issue, this is a sure bet to gain ground."
America's ruling class likes to pretend it's a meritocracy but studies like this show it's anything but. And that's indeed going to continue to be a major political issue. Discrimination has ugly consequences.