Comments on: Class Based Affirmative Action http://educationandclass.com/2007/10/10/class-based-affirmative-action/ Exploring the intersections of social class, education and identity Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:39:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jeanne http://educationandclass.com/2007/10/10/class-based-affirmative-action/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:54:21 +0000 http://educationandclass.com/2007/10/10/class-based-affirmative-action/#comment-367 I have a concern about the ‘underqualified’ but not because Harvard shouldn’t admit them. I’m concerned that elite colleges have a culture and expectations of a certain culture that keep the schools inaccessible to even the ‘qualified’ poor student. And so many times, this culture deficit looks like intellectual deficit.

At least this was my experience having grown up working class.

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