In addition, in those four Yale medical school classes, legacy admissions (which grant preferential treatment to the children of alumni) are estimated to be roughly 11–12% of the cohort (approx. 45–50 students).
This group is predominantly White and highly affluent, with 34% hailing from the top 1% of income earners.
The reason these conversations— which are supposedly about bringing back MERIT-based admissions—never bother about legacy admissions, which inherently function as a form of AFFIRMATIVE action for the ultra affluent, is because the debate is less about safeguarding an objective standard of merit and more about maintaining existing racial and class hierarchies.
The vice president just told us we should all be ok with ‘edgy’ jokes from Republicans about gas chambers but you’re hyperventilating about a cholesterol joke?
Sorry, but "I don't think people like you should have any rights and I would prefer it if you didn't even exist. Debate me." is not a call for a calm, rational, reasoned debate.
Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to install $2.64M worth of new speed cameras around city in order to help balance 2025 budget, according to report.
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