Abigail Fisher’s Supreme Court loss: A massive blow to mediocre white people coasting on their racial privilege

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“A university is in large part defined by those intangible ‘qualities which are incapable of objective measurement but which make for greatness,’” Kennedy wrote in his decision. “Considerable deference is owed to a university in defining those intangible characteristics, like student body diversity, that are central to its identity and educational mission.”

The invocation of “intangible qualities” is especially critical in this case, which addresses a small number of slots the school offered for provisional admission in 2008. These are students that are admitted even though they don’t have the grades or SAT scores that you usually need to get into the school. The school brings these students in anyway because they see potential for them, despite their mediocre scores. Fisher sees herself as one of those people, but the school did not.

In 2008, 47 such students were admitted who had lower grades or test scores than Fisher. Forty-two of them were white. Only five were people of color.

http://www.salon.com/2016/06/23/abigail_fishers_supreme_court_loss_a_massive_blow_to_mediocre_white_people_coasting_on_their_racial_privilege/

SAD!

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Its sadly not surprising that Alito so quickly defaults to the racist assumption that white people are more deserving of their opportunities than people of color. During his confirmation hearings to the court, it was revealed that Alito had been a member Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP), a group formed in 1972 to keep women and minorities from attending the Ivy League university.

During Alitos 2006 hearing, Sen. Ted Kennedy read passages from CAPs magazine, Prospect.

People nowadays just dont seem to know their place, Kennedy read from on 1983 article. Everywhere one turns, blacks and Hispanics are demanding jobs simply because theyre black and Hispanic. The physically handicapped are trying to gain equal representation in professional sports. And homosexuals are demanding the government vouchsafe them the right to bear children.

Alito denied agreement, saying the article was antithetical to his views. And yet, his dissent from Thursday betrays him, as he wallows in the same false assumption that people of color are only getting education and job opportunities because of their race, and not because they are just as worthy as white people.

Alito wants to portray this decision as some kind of radical progressivism, but in reality, its an extremely conservative opinion that, in classic Kennedy fashion, doesnt do enough to shut down attempts to preserve the white dominance over institutions like elite universities

This Alito seems a piece of work!

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What's his VJ screen name?

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Anyone who doesn't believe in a god or gods is inherently immoral!!!!

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/06/28/3793463/justice-alitos-bizarre-offensive-attack-atheists/