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It’s said in Wikipedia that Joy Reid paid for her Harvard education but on Twitter (3/13/17) she admits to being a recipient of affirmative action. 2601:6C2:4004:D9D0:CC68:ED08:A530:BB36 (talk) 21:37, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Affirmative action" does not pay Harvard's tuition. There is no contradiction between having paid her own tuition and having tweeted on 3/13/17 "I'm a proud beneficiary of Affirmative Action: a black HS salutatorian w/ 95th %tile SATs who got to attend Harvard w/ C-student legacies." "Affirmative action" meant that, after Harvard had filled most of its freshman class with athletes, "pay-to-play" Jared Kushners, and "legacy" sons of previous Harvard alums, Joy Reid was lucky enough to tick off one of Harvard's admission categories for a rare non-affluent student--in addition to being well qualified for the work there. HouseOfChange (talk) 23:12, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, when she admitted to being a beneficiary of affirmative action (as both Obamas also did), she mean that she was admitted with lower test scores than an asian or white would have to have. That is the essence of affirmative action, which is racial preference in favor of a currently desired race and a penalty for other races. It is what it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.27.38 (talk) 22:01, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The article at your link states: "A book written by Princeton professor Thomas J. Espenshade and MPR Associates researcher Alexandria Walton Radford found that Asian Americans must score 140 points higher on SAT tests than white people, 270 points higher than Hispanic people, and 450 points higher than black people in order to have the same odds of admission."
A much more reliable source, the New York Times, said the same thing:
"A 2009 Princeton study showed Asian-Americans had to score 140 points higher on their SATs than whites, 270 points higher than Hispanics and 450 points higher than blacks to have the same chance of admission to leading universities."
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