With race-based affirmative action not long for this world, attention has turned to legacy admissions. Many elite universities admit the children and grandchildren of alumni, even when those students don’t necessarily measure up to other applicants. Personally, I think universities have every right to continue this practice, but John McWhorter and economist Peter Arcidiacono see things differently.
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I agree wholeheartedly with Mr. McWhorter on legacy admissions. Family connections or family money should play no part in moving an applicant’s admission to the front of the line.
This episode is ipsa loquitur--implicit white affirmative action in elite college school admissions. Racism is a wealth/power relationship.