b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social

i was one of the top students at my high school and i had people *in my class* tell me i only got to UVA because of affirmative action

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Peter Cashwell @petercashwell.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 13:07 UTC

People who were, presumably, ranked lower than you. Jesus. The last two high schools I've worked in don't publish class rank. I usually think that's a good idea, but things like this make me wonder.

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Ethan Galant @ethangalant.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 13:06 UTC

Under Reagan, my friend asked me if she should check “black” on her college application, since she “didn’t need it.” The smartest person I knew, top of her prep-school class, from a comfortable family of educators, who spoke fluent French & German, had internalized that message at least to a degree.

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wesinjapan @wesinjapan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 13:00 UTC

I've had people who could barely wake up to turn in an assignment tell me that they couldn't be firefighters because of affirmative action.

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