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Did people prove Amy Wax wrong about black law students at Penn?

i read a statement saying they did
Burgundy Glittery Pisswyrm
  03/17/18
of course not
Sinister exciting state police squad
  03/17/18
Didn’t she say that a black student has never finished in th...
house-broken indirect expression
  03/17/18
http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&fo...
Sinister exciting state police squad
  03/17/18
Her statements were categorically rejected bro.
autistic theatre alpha
  03/17/18
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Amethyst School Cafeteria
  03/18/18
Lol at thinking something like that could ever be proven &qu...
Razzmatazz bbw people who are hurt
  03/17/18
Penn has issued a statement claiming that black students do ...
Spruce heaven
  03/17/18
link to statement please?
Burgundy Glittery Pisswyrm
  03/17/18
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/us/penn-removes-professor-for...
Spruce heaven
  03/17/18
just saw it. it's totally consistent with what she said...sh...
Burgundy Glittery Pisswyrm
  03/17/18
I thought she said that no black student had ever finished i...
house-broken indirect expression
  03/17/18
She said she couldn't recall one finishing in the top quarte...
Spruce heaven
  03/17/18
are there always black students on Penn's law review? then t...
Ebony galvanic university
  03/17/18
...
up-to-no-good harsh national idiot
  03/19/18
the school just said black students "have graduated in ...
Burgundy Glittery Pisswyrm
  03/17/18
Interesting they did not say “quarter.”
Wine vibrant chapel
  03/17/18
Ok. All of that is probably true or at least fairly impossi...
house-broken indirect expression
  03/17/18
the dean's letter said there was no "diversity mandate&...
offensive wonderful french chef
  03/17/18
Yup, no “mandate” at Harvard, but: Sixteen editors shall ...
Misunderstood Pocket Flask Nursing Home
  03/18/18
check out this reaction thread https://7sage.com/discussi...
Burgundy Glittery Pisswyrm
  03/18/18
Haven't there actually been studies on black and white gpas ...
Burgundy Glittery Pisswyrm
  03/18/18
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/penn-law-professor-demoted-s...
swashbuckling topaz indian lodge
  03/19/18
debunked. thoroughly debunked.
maize charismatic hospital
  03/20/18
...
Sinister exciting state police squad
  12/26/21


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Date: March 17th, 2018 8:27 PM
Author: Burgundy Glittery Pisswyrm

i read a statement saying they did

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628262)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 8:28 PM
Author: Sinister exciting state police squad

of course not

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628267)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 8:29 PM
Author: house-broken indirect expression

Didn’t she say that a black student has never finished in the top half of his/her class? If so, that can’t be right.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628278)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 8:40 PM
Author: Sinister exciting state police squad

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628303



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628338)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 8:29 PM
Author: autistic theatre alpha

Her statements were categorically rejected bro.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628271)



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Date: March 18th, 2018 7:57 PM
Author: Amethyst School Cafeteria



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35633715)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 8:29 PM
Author: Razzmatazz bbw people who are hurt

Lol at thinking something like that could ever be proven "right" indepedent of context (slavery, Jim Crow)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628272)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 8:29 PM
Author: Spruce heaven

Penn has issued a statement claiming that black students do finish in the top half and have successful careers. Neither statement contradicts Wax at all but she is RACIST. You aren't a racist are you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628276)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 8:32 PM
Author: Burgundy Glittery Pisswyrm

link to statement please?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628294)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 8:35 PM
Author: Spruce heaven

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/us/penn-removes-professor-for-racial-remarks-trnd/index.html



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628314)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 8:34 PM
Author: Burgundy Glittery Pisswyrm

just saw it. it's totally consistent with what she said...she didn't say "never" graduate in top half. just "rarely"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628303)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 8:34 PM
Author: house-broken indirect expression

I thought she said that no black student had ever finished in the top half. Or did she qualify it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628308)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 8:37 PM
Author: Spruce heaven

She said she couldn't recall one finishing in the top quarter, and said they were rarely in the top half. She also claimed there was a diversity quota for the law review, which the school denies but I don't believe for an instant.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628325)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 8:39 PM
Author: Ebony galvanic university

are there always black students on Penn's law review? then there's a quota.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628334)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:39 AM
Author: up-to-no-good harsh national idiot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35636622)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 8:39 PM
Author: Burgundy Glittery Pisswyrm

the school just said black students "have graduated in the top of the class"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628335)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 9:48 PM
Author: Wine vibrant chapel

Interesting they did not say “quarter.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628687)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 8:39 PM
Author: house-broken indirect expression

Ok. All of that is probably true or at least fairly impossible to disprove, conclusively.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628337)



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Date: March 17th, 2018 9:24 PM
Author: offensive wonderful french chef

the dean's letter said there was no "diversity mandate" but didn't say that the ethnicity of applicants did not bear on the decision to extend invitations to join

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35628528)



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Date: March 18th, 2018 7:54 PM
Author: Misunderstood Pocket Flask Nursing Home

Yup, no “mandate” at Harvard, but:

Sixteen editors shall be selected through a holistic but anonymous review that takes into account all available information. The Review remains strongly committed to a diverse and inclusive membership.

Applicants who wish to make aspects of their identity available through the Law Review's holistic consideration process will have the opportunity to indicate their racial or ethnic identity, physical disability status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. Applicants also have the option of submitting an expository statement of no more than 150 words that identifies and describes aspects of their background not fully captured by the categories provided on the form. Statements will be considered by the Selection Committee only after grading of the Subcite and Case Comment sections of the competition has been completed. Statements will remain anonymous and will not be evaluated for quality of writing or editing, nor will they be

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35633704)



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Date: March 18th, 2018 7:28 PM
Author: Burgundy Glittery Pisswyrm

check out this reaction thread

https://7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/15567/amy-wax-upenn-law-controversy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35633524)



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Date: March 18th, 2018 7:54 PM
Author: Burgundy Glittery Pisswyrm

Haven't there actually been studies on black and white gpas in law school? OF COURSE:

https://ianayres.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/AyresBrooksResponse.pdf

Richard Sander’s study of affirmative action at U.S. law schools highlights a real and

serious problem: the average black law student’s grades are jaw-droppingly low. 1 With

the exception of traditionally black law schools (where blacks still make up 43.8% of the

student body), the median black law school grade point average is at the 6.7 percentile of

white law students.

2

This means that only 6.7% of whites have lower grades than 50% of

blacks. One finds similar result if look at the other end of the distribution – only 7.5% of

blacks have grades that are higher than the white median.

This point has been observed previously by a number of scholars. See e.g., Gita Wilder, The Road to Law

School and Beyond: Examining Challenges to Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Legal Profession (LSAC

Research Report, 02-01 (August 2003), especially pages 21-26; Timothy Clydesdale, A Forked River

Runs Through the Law School, October 2004 issue of Law and Social Inquiry; David Chambers, Get Title,

52 Buffalo L. Rev. 569-576 (March 2004).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35633700)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:37 AM
Author: swashbuckling topaz indian lodge

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/penn-law-professor-demoted-saying-122136081.html

>> Ruger said Wax violated school policy by mentioning student grades to back up her argument. <<

And there it is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35636613)



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Date: March 20th, 2018 9:38 AM
Author: maize charismatic hospital

debunked. thoroughly debunked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#35644046)



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Date: December 26th, 2021 8:50 PM
Author: Sinister exciting state police squad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921642&forum_id=2#43680477)