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<p>From whence are you drawing such statements? Did I ever state that this was the case? Affirmative action, as I have said, is not the reason URM acceptees are automatically thought “unworthy.”</p>
<p>Yes, there are usually, but not always, more fundamental reasons. Given that I did not elaborate on my statement much, I suppose that you did have to extrapolate a bit, but generally speaking, there is already a system of perception in place that is enhanced but not generated by affirmative action. I have seen more examples of this than I care to count; in this case, personal perception is (unfortunately) all we have to go on, and I doubt that either of us can successfully prove that the other is wrong with regard to such perceptions, given that we lack the proper quantitative sources and that we have had, no doubt, different experiences. </p>
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<p>This is a generalization because you indicated that there is a direct causation factor involved. There is not. Affirmative action, in most cases, does not automatically cause people to assume that the applicant was unqualified; many of them would have drawn such a conclusion without the existence of that policy - again, the achievements of many are denigrated even where affirmative action does not apply. There are far more factors at play, and the removal of that policy will not cause the various perceptions associated with certain types of applicants to change, no matter how optimistic one may be.</p>