Race in the mind of an african american..

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From whence are you drawing such statements? Did I ever state that this was the case?

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<p>Yes, in post #56.</p>

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Affirmative action, as I have said, is not the reason URM acceptees are automatically thought “unworthy.”

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Yes, there are usually, but not always, more fundamental reasons.

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<p>I cannot reconcile these statements. The first one supports your disagreement with my statement, but the second one is consistent with my statement.</p>

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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.

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<p>I’m still not seeing a generalization there, or, for that matter, anything that is inconsistent with what I have argued at any point.</p>