Civil Bear said:
mbBear said:
Civil Bear said:
mbBear said:
calumnus said:
helltopay1 said:
Stanford has just dropped 11 sports. The stated reason??' We just don't have the money." The real reason??Thge administrators just don't like sports that much..
I think the biggest issue is all the slots for yachting, fencing and other country club sports just begged for abuse with coaches selling admission slots and more generally was affirmative action for otherwise unqualified rich white people. The CEO of the company I used to work for made $millions in salary and stock options and got both of his otherwise average kids into Stanford on full fencing scholarships. A great return on the investment he made in private coaching lessons, equipment and a dedicated practice room in his house in Piedmont.
This isn't some shocking revelation. My nephew is getting a lot of reduced tuition money to pitch at a good academic DIII school...he had a private pitching tutor, did a travel program with coach who was aggressive at college placement at this level, both of which cost my brother in law some big dollars(who comfortable not wealthy). And yes, they had all the at home stuff that they could, considering we live in the Northeast.
It helps that my nephew was highly dedicated to academics and working out, but certainly this is "white privilege" at work, and both of them acknowledge that.
Sound more like "well-off privilege" to me.
I think both can be true.
Not sure I understand how. As a white person, I did not have this privilege. Are you suggesting well-off people of color wouldn't have the same privilege?
Of course they do, but there aren't as many of them per capita.
"According to the most recent data available, 76% of US millionaires were white or Caucasian. Black American and Asian millionaires each accounted for just 8%. Hispanics made up 7% of the total millionaire population."
(Source:
https://spendmenot.com/blog/what-percentage-of-americans-are-millionaires)Compared to the overall population:
White alone, percent
76.3%
Black or African American alone, percent
13.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent
1.3%
Asian alone, percent
5.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent
0.2%
Two or More Races, percent
2.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent
18.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino
60.1%