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Trump administration 2024-2028

mariomike said:

Poll on if Canada should become the 51st US state​






Regarding diversity,

Reuters
December 10, 2024

Trump's Justice Department likely to target diversity programs​

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There are a lot of rich/powerful people having a lot of pretty mediocre kids. They may want to think very hard about just how firmly they want to see strict merit criteria entrenched in policies. That could swing around and backfire on portions of the nepo-baby caste.
 
brihard said:
There are a lot of rich/powerful people having a lot of pretty mediocre kids. They may want to think very hard about just how firmly they want to see strict merit criteria entrenched in policies. That could swing around and backfire on portions of the nepo-baby caste.
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What are the chances that there will be a convenient “alumni” or “donor” clause?

Lips Are Sealed Wtf GIF by NETFLIX
 
Jarnhamar said:
A little context.
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A bit of context on that too - the Yale lawsuit (that was dropped in the Biden admin) basically stated that Asian and white students had a quota.

www.justice.gov

Justice Department Sues Yale University for Illegal Discrimination Practices in Undergraduate Admissions

The Justice Department today filed suit against Yale University for race and national origin discrimination. The complaint alleges that Yale discriminated against applicants to Yale College on the grounds of race and national origin, and that Yale’s discrimination imposes undue and unlawful...
www.justice.gov www.justice.gov

If they’re going to use a straight-meritocracy system based on marks, my bet is that Yale, etc will see Asian admissions go through the roof, at the expense of the other ethnicities.

Excuse me while I prep the popcorn.
 
dimsum said:
my bet is that Yale, etc will see Asian admissions go through the roof, at the expense of the other ethnicities.
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Is that bad though? Should high performing Asian students get rejected while mediocre Indian students get accepted?
 
Jarnhamar said:
Is that bad though? Should high performing Asian students get rejected while mediocre Indian students get accepted?
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I personally think it’s fine, but I’m guessing that at least some of those complainants aren’t Asian and will get Pikachu-faced when they (or their kids) also don’t get in because there are a bunch of highly-qualified Asian kids.

Besides, having browsed the nervous cesspool that is the Reddit LSAT thread, US colleges seem to also prioritize extracurricular activities in applications. That in itself favours applicants who are more wealthy and can afford to do extracurriculars, rather than work to help out the family.
 
Jarnhamar said:
Is that bad though? Should high performing Asian students get rejected while mediocre Indian students get accepted?
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Or African Americans...

But watch out for 'negative emotionality'...

What Are the Black Students Still Getting into Ivy League Schools Doing Right?​


Much has been made about the post–affirmative action dip in college acceptance rates among black students, especially at elite institutions like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where black student acceptance dropped from 15 percent of last year’s class to only 5 percent of this year’s entrants. The hullabaloo is understandable; this drop confirms the worst fears of those who bristled the most at the Supreme Court’s overturning of racial quotas.

That said, there has been a nagging question since the acceptance rates were published, and one that does not seem to be getting any media attention whatsoever: Why aren’t we paying attention to the black students who did get into elite colleges without the assistance of affirmative action? Why aren’t we asking who these students are or what they did to get accepted? Why aren’t they seen as models for other students to emulate?

This tendency to ignore the positive in black student education is nothing new. In Agency, a book outlining ways to empower students toward academic success, Ian Rowe recounts the San Diego Unified School District’s discovery that 20 percent of its black students received a D or worse in their first semester. They expressed a determination to eliminate the obstacles blocking students of color from academic success. But, as Rowe points out, no one thought to ask the 80 percent of successful black students what they did to succeed.

 
Good2Golf said:
Not really. Lots of Canada doesn’t include fluoride in drinking water anymore.

Want to guess, for example, what municipalities in British Columbia add fluoride?

Fort St.John, Terrace and Cranbrook…yup, that’s it. No Vancouver, not Victoria, Kamloops, Kelowna, Campbell River, etc. etc. etc. etc.

I suppose if CAF members were posted there, they could ask for fluoride treatment…

www.watermatters.ca

Fluoride: Which B.C. communities add fluoride to water?

Fort St. John, Cranbrook and Terrace are the only communities in British Columbia that currently add fluoride to tap water. Read more about the history of fluoridation in British Columbia.
www.watermatters.ca www.watermatters.ca
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Bit of a thread throwback but I saw this (article came out 06 Dec):

www.thetimes.com

This city took fluoride out of the water. Now it’s putting it back in

Calgary, which has endured ten years of worsening dental health and is reversing its decision, is a cautionary tale for Robert F Kennedy Jr
www.thetimes.com www.thetimes.com
 
The Bread Guy said:
Based on the rotating door syndrome during POTUS45 days, it'll still be interesting to see how long his varied array of cabinet ministers and other senior positions last in their posts.
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For readers keeping score card, during the POTUS 45 days,

President Trump’s cabinet is more white and male than any cabinet since Ronald Reagan’s.
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www.nytimes.com

Donald Trump’s Cabinet Is Complete. Here’s the Full List. (Published 2017)

A list of appointees and nominees for top posts in the new administration.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
 
dimsum said:
...rather than work to help out the family.
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Way to shaft, specifically, one of the classic "pursuit of happiness/Rockwellian American Dream" models: striving immigrant family manages exponential improvement for the kids through hard work, more hard work, and doing your AP homework in the restaurant/store/whatever.
 
dapaterson said:
To be fair, if he did that it would be pulling a Mulroney and setting her up like Kim Campbell.
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That’s negative thinking. We’ve seen the sacrifices that Freeland has made for Canada, and I think some people would give even more than just cancelling Disney+ to have Freeland take Trudeau’s feminism to a new level…
 
Good2Golf said:
That’s negative thinking. We’ve seen the sacrifices that Freeland has made for Canada, and I think some people would give even more than just cancelling Disney+ to have Freeland take Trudeau’s feminism to a new level…
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Someone spiked your eggnog ;)
 
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