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		rubashov on July 13, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Our Elites Stink OK, so some colleges in the 20s and 30s discriminated against Jews and others (vast majority?) didn't. Your link goes on about Feynman and Salk going to NYU and MIT instead of their first choices. These men both easily found their way to the elite.

mturmon on July 13, 2012 [–]

The question is not, "were some geniuses able to surmount discrimination", but "was there discrimination".

Your intellectual dishonesty is showing.

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