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Liberal Democrats, too lazy and stupid to compete
scholastically. This is the result of the present day inferior
California school system, once the envy of the entire free
world, after 40 years of Democrat control and parasitic
socialist union infestation.

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We’ve heard a lot about "white privilege" lately from the social
justice crowd -- this idea that "whiteness" itself can be an
asset, a proxy for class or other social privilege. But on
Tuesday, we saw what the real abuse of privilege looks like --
when elites of different ethnic backgrounds and races use their
money to buy status – educational status, that is — for their
children.

What do Manuel Henriquez, CEO of Hercules Capital, Douglas
Hodge, former chief operating officer of Pimco, actresses
Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin and Gordon Caplan, co-
chairman of powerhouse international law firm Willkie Farr, all
have in common? They were among 33 parents and nine athletic
coaches across the country charged in a $25 million bribery
scheme to get their kids into top colleges. Dubbed "Operation
Varsity Blues," it exposed a web of fraud, payouts and bribes
going back to 2011 up until just last month.

Celebs and titans of the industry shelled out huge money to
university staff at prestigious universities, who would then
designate their kids as athletes. Athletes’ applications get
considered under lowered standards at many schools. The man who
is at the center of this fraud is William "Rick" Singer, the
founder of a college prep firm called the Edge College & Career
Network, aka "The Key." He pled guilty and is cooperating.

The Sacramento Bee, quoted a local college admissions counselor
Margie Ammot as saying: "Singer would tell parents that he could
get their child into the college of their choice. Professional
education consultants do not say, ‘I can get you into a
specific, particular college.'"

Part of the Singer magic was allegedly having expert test takers
take ACT and SAT tests for his clients and photoshopping
applicants’ heads onto random athletic-looking bodies. In the
New York Times piece about this, the focus was partly on today’s
high-pressure application environment: "The charges underscored
how college admissions have become so cutthroat and competitive
that some have sought to break the rules.”

The reputation of elite colleges was built on merit. These
institutions were envisioned as rungs for the those with the
qualifications to climb up that ladder. They were not supposed
to be clubs for the elites. We need to return to the principle
of merit based admission again.

Well, guess what? The process has been super competitive for
decades, especially since universities have increased admission
of foreign students. That is no excuse for gaming the system,
and in this case, breaking the law.

Talk about a "desperate housewife," apparently driven by
desperate and illegal measures, a few years ago Felicity Huffman
was tweeting a photo of herself, demanding respect and equality
for "our daughters." I guess that wouldn’t apply to the girls
applying opposite her daughters for a college slot.

Here’s how I see it: There was a time when colleges used to
admit on merit — mainly test scores -- plus athletics and
extracurriculars. Then they started various legal forms of
corruption: legacy admissions, lowered standards for athletes,
admission for big donors, and of course, affirmative action.

This latest bust takes the corruption to an entirely new level,
where the elites "played” the process, turning what was a
partial scam into a full-scale racket. Once college admissions
is perceived as a scam, it attracts scam artists. The solution
is to bust these scammers but also reconsider the legal scheme
the elites have used and abused for years which only hurts the
hard-working, qualified kids who deserve admission.

The reputation of elite colleges was built on merit. These
institutions were envisioned as rungs for those with the
qualifications to climb up that ladder. They were not supposed
to be clubs for the elites.

We need to return to the principle of merit-based admission
again. Make the lawbreakers pay in this case. But it’s also time
to look at the institutionalized abuses of the admissions
process, across the board, since these schools are being
subsidized, in one way or another, by the taxpayers.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/laura-ingraham-college-admission- scandal-is-what-real-abuse-of-privilege-looks-like
 

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