On 03 Jul 2023, HangTextDrivers <hangtextdrivers@gmail.com> posted some
news:c37c7067-84e3-4a29-b520-90ba03db4183n@googlegroups.com:

> According the wikipedia the peabrain got her degree in Film
> Studies!!! HAHAHA. Anybody can do that. Colleges create silly
> majors like that just for blacks since they don't have the brains for
> useful but hard majors in STEM.
>
> https://nypost.com/2023/07/03/msnbc-anchor-joy-reid-admits-affirmative-
> action-got-her-into-harvard/
>
> july 3 2023 Affirmative action was the only reason MSNBC’s Joy Reid
> attended Harvard, the anchor insisted on Thursday.
>
> Reid made the point while appearing on “All In with Chris Hayes”
> to comment on the US Supreme Court ruling that affirmative action in
> college admissions violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection
> clause. While opposing the decision, Reid admitted that she benefited
> from affirmative action herself.
>
> “I got into Harvard only because of affirmative action,” Reid
> said. “I went to a school no one had ever heard of in Denver,
> Colorado, in a small suburb. I didn’t go to Exeter or Andover. I
> didn’t have college test prep. I just happened to be really nerdy
> and smart and have really good grades and good SAT scores.”
>
> She continued, “But someone came to Denver to look for me. A Harvard
> recruiter flew to Denver, and I met me up with her at the Village Inn
> Restaurant and did a pre-interview to pull me into Harvard. I was
> pulled in — affirmatively.”

Primary qualifications: Black and a yapper. Intelligence was secondary.

> The Supreme Court case arose after the accusation that Asian Americans
> students were being discriminated by being held to a higher standard
> compared to black or Hispanic students because of affirmative action.
> Several liberal personalities, however, have insisted that the
> decision will primarily benefit white students.

A degree does not confer intellect. Many grads actually leave college
with a net intelligence loss because they don't learn any practical
application or use. Some can't even write up a simple list of
instructions.

An Ivy League degree simply means the holder participated in social
gatherings, got drunk and did a lot of drugs.