底下这篇 USA Today 的报道的前面几段，是我看过的文章里最诚实的，它真正说出了大实话。虽然哈佛的动机不是种族因素，但实行手段与最后结果却是与种族脱不了关系。这恐怕有点像警察的 racial profiling，虽然动机只是为了治安良好，但实行手段与结果却是针对黑人。
哈佛真心不是要成绩好的，而是在美国的阶级社会中，能够长袖善舞向上爬的。你可以不是来自所谓的上层社会，但你必须有那种潜质向上爬 --- 不管是你个人本身的潜质，还是你的爸爸妈妈能够提供的资源。也就是说，你必须是个“精英”的料，SAT 几分不重要。
BTW，说到 racial profiling，记得版上曾有人赞成。不记得是哪位了，但我想问的是：如果你赞成警察的 rp，你是否赞成哈佛的 rp？有没有双重标准？
哈佛为了保持自己精英摇篮的地位，而 rp？开店可不可以挑顾客？
Decades ago, the Ivy League colleges thought they had a problem: too manyJews. These recent immigrants, from a culture that prized education andacademic achievement, had an unfortunate characteristic: They worked harder,studied longer and cared more about school. In short, they had all theattributes required for success in the Ivy League.
Problem was, the Ivy League didn’t really want them. Being first-generationstudents, these applicants didn’t have rich alumni parents who wouldbelikely to donate big bucks. Being from an ethnicity not associated withAmerica’s governing class, they didn’t help the Ivy League withitsbiggest selling point — that going to college there provides anopportunityto rub shoulders with America’s governing class. And they were seenasboring grinds who studied too hard and weren’t much fun.
The result was a change in admissions criteria to reward “leadership,
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