<p>Well, let’s clarify some things.</p>
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<li>Nominations and appointments are totally separate. Providing special opportunity to compete for an appointment, is a far different thing than providing special opportunity to be appointed as a function of one’s birthright, especially in the annals, traditions, and culture that has made USA great. In fact, escaping the notion that one was “born” into his/her ultimate class in life was one of THE fundamental concepts of our nation’s founding. Now, this simply says …to merit that special advantage …must be BORN into the “right” family. hmmmm</li>
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<p>AND the fact that that nomination is provided lends zero weight to being appointed absent individual merit …UNLESS that individual has that special birthright noted earlier. </p>
<p>Lastly, lending favor of a nomination (NOt an appointment) based on a super-human act of sacrifice and bravery done FOR the USA …well, equating that to “my dad lived in Mexico City working for Exxon all during my HS years, which btw, I spent at Valley Forge Military Academy outside Philly” (and thus under the rules and your definition may be “legally” considered “hispanic” on the app …and by law is not allowed to be either asked or investigated about such claim) …come on. Apples and oranges, and you know that obviously, as you attempt to distract from the issue.</p>
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<li><p>Osdad, sorry …your contention holds no water either. Simply because your dd received an appointment lends no evidence that she was given “preferential treatment” in the process. What it MAY mean is that she competed favorably and won the race, not because of hers. Unless she did. Did she? If so then, you are correct. She DID receive unmerited favor based on her color/birthright.</p></li>
<li><p>Lastly, justifying being given special treatment for appointment (not nomination), as a function of where and/or to whom one is born,suggesting “it’s no worse” than giving a nomination to a child of a disabled military vet? What’s the point? Duh! Again, nominations (even anomalous ones like this …I never heard of students receiving nominations based upon physical conditions of a veteran parent, but we’re learning) are NOT appointments. </p></li>
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<p>And in both the medal of honor and parental tramatization circumstances, neither was given any special treatment as a consequence of those parental conditions. Merely undue chances to compete, but in any case, to get that appointment, students must be 3Qed and sufficiently ranked in either their home pools or the national pool. UNLESS they are diversity dudes and daughters.</p>
<p>Sorry. You’ve given us nothing of consequence in this argument. And as Dr. Sowell’s research at Stanford reveals, there is “not a speck of evidence” that this diversity thing has any POSITIVE impact on outcomes. Again, what we SHOULD be striving for is …unit cohesion, not multicultural division. It’s called assimilization.</p>