‘Affirmative Action for the Rich’ Legacy Students Confront Their Privilege NYT Opinion

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A lot of people have recently weighed in on legacy admissions, the preferential treatment given to the children of alumni in the college application process: President Biden. Members of Congress. Supreme Court justices. Officials at numerous colleges — some defending the practice, others calling to ditch it. • The Education Department even opened a civil rights investigation last month into Harvard University’s legacy admissions policy. • But what about the students who have benefited from the practice themselves, and were accepted by elite colleges in part because their parents are alumni? • In the Opinion Video above, five recent university graduates, all legacies, wrestle with the advantages they enjoyed in the college admissions process. • “It’s painful for me to think that all of my hard work in high school was so irrelevant compared to the fact that I was able to check the box that my dad went there,” a graduate of Brown University says. “There is a pretty natural human shame in admitting that you might not have earned something.” • • Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n • More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video • ---------- • Whether it's reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home, or covering the latest style trends and scientific developments, New York Times video journalists provide a revealing and unforgettable view of the world. It's all the news that's fit to watch.

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