IT'S TIME TO REEXAMINE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION QUOTAS


Wealthy parents used to just donate money toward a new building on campus or sponsoring endowments and fellowships. There is also the long-established benefit available by many schools of allowing admissions based solely on legacy – a student is admitted because of having a parent who is an alumnus.

This is different.

One little tidbit from the investigation known as Operation Varsity Blues that hasn’t received much attention is the fact that William “Rick” Singer gamed affirmative action.

The con artist faked the racial and ethnic identification of students in the pay-for-play college admissions scandal.

Singer was following the example of Elizabeth “Fauxchahontas” Warren when submitting college applications for the children of the wealthy.

Singer led admissions officials to believe that students were worthy of affirmative action priority — even when they were not.

Singer was guilty of “lying about students’ ethnicities and other biographical information in an attempt to take advantage of perceived benefits from affirmative action and other programs,” investigators told the judge Tuesday, according to a transcript.

Not only did the college applications contain phony Photoshopped photographs of the students participating in sports and activities but the applications also used racial and ethnic quota considerations to move the students forward in the process.

Singer didn’t claim Asian ethnicity on the applications as that is part of another Ivy League scandal in itself.

The Operation Varsity Blues scandal shows how easily affirmative action quotas can be manipulated.

Qualified students were tossed aside and lost their chance for admission. This part of the story needs more discussion.


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