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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
I read the article. And several of the original links the article cited. In absolutely none of them does it say he previously applied to SLU as an Asian American and was rejected. I read the mediaite one (which tries to imply it, which is a pretty basic tactic of biased journalism and is very easy to spot with competent critical reading skills), and the NY Post one, and his original post on his website. And nowhere does it say he applied to SLU, or ANY of those schools as an Asian American.
So yes, I would say the author of the link I posted did read the article, and correctly drew the conclusion that he didn't apply to any medical schools as an Asian American.
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The exact quote was "With this, “Jojo” managed to get into the selective Saint Louis University School of Medicine with the exact same application he used as an Indian man".
I took that to mean it was the exact same application that he was turned down with.
Why would you doubt that he would get into more medical schools if he said he was black? You have obviously heard of affirmative action. That is what affirmative action is. Many schools use affirmative action. Are you denying the existence of affirmative action?
As I said before, this article doesn't say anything new. It doesn't say anything that everybody doesn't already know. It is not a secret that many schools use affirmative action. All this article really does is just give a specific example of affirmative action in use. And when you see how it works in the real world, you realize the absurdity of it. How absurd is it that a school would accept a guy who looks black but if they realized he is Asian/American, then they would no longer want him? It is absurd and you know it. And how could you argue that this doesn't happen. It happens every day. People get accepted and rejected based on their race. That is what affirmative action is. It is the epitome of racism. I guess the people who support it would claim that it is ok to use racism to fight past racism. That is basically the argument. I strongly disagree with that logic, especially nowadays. The logic was questionable 40 years ago. Maybe 40 years ago you could make a slight case for it. I don't know how anyone could defend it today.