Nigerian Teen gets accepted into all IVY League Schools

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If this student were a white woman, then we wouldn't be having this discussion.

Eh, I'd say it's because it just doesn't happen that much if practically ever. There was that white girl, Elizabeth Holmes, who created a biotech company called Theranos and is now a billionaire. Typical child prodigy, really smart, went to Stanford, etc but I don't think she got into several ivy leagues.

Who are the Intended Beneficiaries of Affirmative Action? [NC State University Affirmative Action in Employment Training]

That's simply because women represent about 50% of the total population, and also include underrepresented minorities. Blacks as a whole are about 45 million, so naturally more women are going to get affirmative action-based policies.

But the point that's being made is that as far as getting a "boost" goes - being native american/black + woman = best chances for opportunity, and then it goes down from there. I think being black + male still gives you a better advantage for ivy league schools than being a white woman, but maybe I'm wrong on that.

In other words, not all minorities are treated equally. More women get affirmative action but generally not to the degree/level that Native Americans or blacks do (for historical reasons of course) i.e. quantity/quality in the effect.

People have this misconception that it's easy to get into a government job if you're a female minority. There are really only two things that great increase your chances of getting a federal government job: veterans' preference points and Indian preference for jobs in the Bureau of Indian Affairs. I'm a black woman with a master's degree who has applied to hundreds of federal government jobs and only received one interview after passing two exams for one position. I scored high on other civil service exams, but was not able to compete with applicants who received veterans' preference points. I have no problem with veterans' preference; I'm just describing how the system really works.

[URL="http://govcentral.monster.com/benefits/articles/387-federal-workforce-diversity-why-agencies-seek-out-minority-workers"]If you're looking for a government job, being black seems to help.

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"African Americans make up 17.4 percent of the federal workforce, as compared to 10.1 percent of the civilian labor force. But the percentage of African Americans drops dramatically with each rise in job grade. They hold 27.6 percent of the lowest positions (GS 1-4), 25.8 percent of GS 5-8, 15.7 percent of GS 9-12, 10.9 percent of GS 13-15 and just 6.9 percent of Senior Pay levels."

Maybe it's just my experience, but whenever I go to the Post Office, DMV, Social Security office, etc. there are more blacks and/or hispanics than what I see in the private sector.

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Maybe try looking into state jobs. NY and CA are good places to look. In general, however, government jobs take a long time to join typically 2 - 4 years given how slow, and bureaucratically they operate. In general, it doesn't happen for a couple of years to get off of eligibility lists.