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65. They tell you what your race is?

Reply to Klaralven (Reply #64)

Mon Nov 1, 2021, 10:18 PM

Nov 2021

I kinda doubt it.

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More than a third of white students lie about their race on college applications [View all] Ex Lurker Nov 2021 OP

This isn't white privilege Sympthsical Nov 2021 #1

The students aren't "trying not to be white" EarlG Nov 2021 #16

Exactly NT Ex Lurker Nov 2021 #17

By this standard, anything a white person does is privilege Sympthsical Nov 2021 #27

What's that saying, "When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression?" EarlG Nov 2021 #32

But this is the literal opposite of white privilege. Dr. Strange Nov 2021 #34

This is the white privilege wellst0nev0ter Nov 2021 #60

But how do we know? Dr. Strange Nov 2021 #86

First you should give me an instance of a non-white applicant lying about being white wellst0nev0ter Nov 2021 #87

Why? Dr. Strange Nov 2021 #91

If you can't specify any data supporting your claims, then your intellectual exercise is moot wellst0nev0ter Nov 2021 #92

My daughter was Valedictorian of her class Mossfern Nov 2021 #93

Yes. nt BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #52

But would they have been accepted anyway? live love laugh Nov 2021 #30

It absolutely is. fulllib Nov 2021 #39

It does have meaning. Caliman73 Nov 2021 #44

Which is why I include my id # tirebiter Nov 2021 #2

Lol...whiteout. Iggo Nov 2021 #83

Science says the concept of race is invalid. multigraincracker Nov 2021 #3

Income, I think CA has switched to a system that prioritizes income over race because ShazamIam Nov 2021 #15

Racism is real, even if race is not. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2021 #82

I don't think that's white privilege. Dr. Strange Nov 2021 #4

Apparently that is not accurate in academia. NT cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #74

I'm not really sure what to think about that. Like so many programs set up walkingman Nov 2021 #5

What can they do? They don't have pictures to show their face. jimfields33 Nov 2021 #25

Kick them out for lying on an application is obvious fulllib Nov 2021 #42

How could you prove someone lied about their race? NT cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #75

Depends on what race they're claiming. Lancero Nov 2021 #85

Racial fluidity in action... PoliticAverse Nov 2021 #6

I had not heard of the term racial fluidity before, but that concept actually makes some sense GregariousGroundhog Nov 2021 #88

Absent some objective criteria as to what counts as what race, we are just left with what people say PoliticAverse Nov 2021 #90

I like the response one hopeful student wrote in "human" in the Race category... CTyankee Nov 2021 #7

That is the only multigraincracker Nov 2021 #9

This is what Richard Dawkins does janterry Nov 2021 #19

That's great JustAnotherGen Nov 2021 #21

And that is deliberate, and precisely why white segregationists have done it in the first place! CTyankee Nov 2021 #55

Much like President Obama, multigraincracker Nov 2021 #8

Shouldn't it have been O'Bama then? n/t PoliticAverse Nov 2021 #11

Okay, that's a time out for you. Dr. Strange Nov 2021 #13

No one is more Irish than O'Bama multigraincracker Nov 2021 #49

Ha!... PoliticAverse Nov 2021 #50

TY. multigraincracker Nov 2021 #53

As many pointed out this is the opposite of white privilege cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #10

The same way one prooves one's gender? n/t PoliticAverse Nov 2021 #12

lol janterry Nov 2021 #69

Taking what belongs to minorities is trading on your white privilege fulllib Nov 2021 #40

Time to stop racial considerations on applications Wingus Dingus Nov 2021 #14

Then many minorities JustAnotherGen Nov 2021 #20

Does the birth certificate rule also apply to gender? MichMan Nov 2021 #22

your transphobia is showing nt Ex Lurker Nov 2021 #29

This may help you to understand. I came across it the day I signed up here. Torchlight Nov 2021 #31

Yes JustAnotherGen Nov 2021 #70

Woman are the vast majority of college students cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #73

I don't believe it should be a factor anymore. Wingus Dingus Nov 2021 #24

Really - hmmmmm JustAnotherGen Nov 2021 #72

I'm OK with the reparations/tax break as you describe, as well as Wingus Dingus Nov 2021 #76

Honestly there is also no way for a home loan company to know what race you are. cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #77

I just checked an official copy of my birth certificate, and "SEX" is on it but race is not. PoliticAverse Nov 2021 #35

Mine don't even have that Retrograde Nov 2021 #54

My race is on mine JustAnotherGen Nov 2021 #71

Mine is from Northern Ireland cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #79

Those students who lie on their applications should charged just like Lori Loughlin and those other totodeinhere Nov 2021 #61

Academics and "merit" don't work fulllib Nov 2021 #41

This is the result of the American mindset: grab everything for yourself, even if it means lying and sinkingfeeling Nov 2021 #18

White privilege is knowing you'll be questioned less about false claims, even (or perhaps WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #23

This is why any free college JustAnotherGen Nov 2021 #26

Whites stealing from Natives. Cobalt Violet Nov 2021 #28

My wife's father is largely Native American. hunter Nov 2021 #51

Were I a prosecutor I would charge these miscreants with some for a grand theft (felony) Stinky The Clown Nov 2021 #33

Lying is unethical. maxsolomon Nov 2021 #36

The students who responded to this survey were paid janterry Nov 2021 #47

So they're just fucking with the results for fun? maxsolomon Nov 2021 #57

oh, I don't know that janterry Nov 2021 #59

So this article leaves out an important point Takket Nov 2021 #37

My guess... Dr. Strange Nov 2021 #38

They used a company that pays people by the survey janterry Nov 2021 #46

Personally, i hope my son doesn't even want to go to college drexelkathy Nov 2021 #43

I'm a complete sucker when it comes to my kids. hunter Nov 2021 #66

This title is wrong; 1/3 of students do not lie janterry Nov 2021 #45

Thank you, that makes more sense PatSeg Nov 2021 #89

Colleges should require DNA analysis instead of self-identification Klaralven Nov 2021 #48

I think it's be hard to find a geneticist willing to provide the DNA criteria to determine race. Steelrolled Nov 2021 #63

23andMe, Ancestry, MyHeritage, etc do it all the time. Klaralven Nov 2021 #64

They tell you what your race is? Steelrolled Nov 2021 #65

They tell you where they think your DNA is from. Wingus Dingus Nov 2021 #81

Sadly needs a sarcasm tag... hunter Nov 2021 #67

I don't think science is going to back you up on that. cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #78

some number of that 48% are ignorant about what "Native American" means Orangepeel Nov 2021 #56

I bet they don't lie on job applications. ecstatic Nov 2021 #58

I imagine few colleges would question it Steelrolled Nov 2021 #62

some colleges ask for the tribal affiliation now... so many claim native american status Demovictory9 Nov 2021 #68

Extraordinary statistics PatSeg Nov 2021 #80

I posted where they came from janterry Nov 2021 #84