re: #351 ReamWorks

For you anti-AA people: how do you combat ‘legacy programs’ at colleges that favor past alumni’s kids, etc? There was a great deal of institutionalized AA for White people not so long ago, in the form of nepotism.

Legacy students are a red-herring:

Legacy Students Up To 45% More Likely To Be Admitted To Elite Colleges
huffingtonpost.com

Hurwitz’s conclusions apply to the most and least selective colleges; legacy advantage is significantly less for students applying to mid-level colleges and universities.
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Still, Hurwitz notes that the actual legacy advantage, although considerable for individuals, does not greatly affect the applicant pool because cases of primary legacies are rare. Of the 290,000 applications he surveyed, just six percent held any legacy status.

Students should not be discriminated against because of their sex or race, period.