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ITT: share AA stories you've experienced personally

AA = Affirmative Action I'll go first. Black dude gets...
Jet medicated telephone
  04/16/18
Blacks at my t14 all finished in bottom of class yet got the...
Brass Irradiated Personal Credit Line Hissy Fit
  04/16/18
What happens to people like this when they show up at Cravat...
Jet medicated telephone
  04/16/18
easy. they get sent to Africa for "exchange programs&q...
Splenetic opaque really tough guy temple
  04/16/18
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Bright Prole Business Firm
  04/16/18
this is honestly what happened. then they come back and rep...
Splenetic opaque really tough guy temple
  04/16/18
totally fair. totally healthy.
Splenetic opaque really tough guy temple
  04/16/18
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Bright Prole Business Firm
  04/16/18
do you genuinely think cravath and wachtell are full of unde...
wild piazza
  04/16/18
not at senior levels I've worked with URMs who've washed ...
Supple Orchestra Pit
  04/16/18
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Splenetic opaque really tough guy temple
  04/16/18
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Splenetic opaque really tough guy temple
  04/16/18
IME, it's only WOCs. My 1L GPA was shit, and I got a V50. Bl...
Galvanic apoplectic range boiling water
  04/16/18
Cravath RECRUITER at my school was a nig
buff histrionic friendly grandma
  04/17/18
his tech job is probably the same as the project you worked ...
Primrose Regret
  04/17/18
expected alcoholics anonymous, fuck.
Fighting puce ape volcanic crater
  04/16/18
black dude said he's been coming to meetings 42 years but ju...
Alcoholic sandwich bawdyhouse
  04/16/18
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Bright Prole Business Firm
  04/16/18
i was snacking on provolone slices and blew a mouthful out ...
Splenetic opaque really tough guy temple
  04/16/18
I love how you can't make a poast without throwing one bizar...
smoky queen of the night
  04/16/18
black law student said affirmative action in LS admissions w...
At-the-ready Glassy Mental Disorder Elastic Band
  04/16/18
lol nice. Worst part is that it makes sense. Through what...
Jet medicated telephone
  04/16/18
I've never met or interacted with a nonwhite person IRL.
Multi-colored greedy locus milk
  04/16/18
you’re not white
Bright Prole Business Firm
  04/16/18
arent you the asian guy pretending to be a white zimbabwean
Multi-colored greedy locus milk
  04/16/18
At v10, I remotely supervised a summer associate in another ...
Supple Orchestra Pit
  04/16/18
was this in the context of a bankruptcy? this kind of stuff ...
Racy stain
  04/16/18
posture was complicated, but basically it was insolvency-adj...
Supple Orchestra Pit
  04/18/18
This is eerily similar to my experience, except that the &qu...
Angry Multi-billionaire Set
  04/17/18
i considered myself jaded on these matters but was genuinely...
Supple Orchestra Pit
  04/18/18
What would happen if you asked for guidelines for scenarios ...
Jet medicated telephone
  04/19/18
Big-Nigger tech offers?
Galvanic apoplectic range boiling water
  04/16/18
ljl. google, msft, etc
Jet medicated telephone
  04/16/18
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Floppy point
  04/19/18
Oh, I thought this was a meeting.
Concupiscible jade immigrant famous landscape painting
  04/16/18
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Jet medicated telephone
  04/16/18
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Jet medicated telephone
  04/17/18
I didn't get into Harvard UG. Definitely would have had I ch...
orchid bull headed love of her life athletic conference
  04/17/18
T-14 buddy was below median but copped 1L v10 sa gig, differ...
frisky parlor internal respiration
  04/18/18
jfc
Jet medicated telephone
  04/19/18
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Jet medicated telephone
  04/19/18
I was on a critical space mission and a couple colored girls...
Floppy point
  04/19/18


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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:09 PM
Author: Jet medicated telephone

AA = Affirmative Action

I'll go first.

Black dude gets into elite ug. Doesn't do shit for entirety of semester-long project, has no idea wtf is going on, doesn't contribute, etc

Cops multiple big-N tech offers. ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854254)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:13 PM
Author: Brass Irradiated Personal Credit Line Hissy Fit

Blacks at my t14 all finished in bottom of class yet got the best and most summer offers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854280)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:18 PM
Author: Jet medicated telephone

What happens to people like this when they show up at Cravath, Wlrk, etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854318)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:46 PM
Author: Splenetic opaque really tough guy temple

easy. they get sent to Africa for "exchange programs" serious. not fooling.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854532)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:47 PM
Author: Bright Prole Business Firm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854538)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:50 PM
Author: Splenetic opaque really tough guy temple

this is honestly what happened. then they come back and report on how great it was to connect w their roots and it gets written up in the firm newsletter which is sent to diversity requiring clients and all is well. then said AA hire who has the world open to him moves on to AA status sinecure where he's not dragging others down unlike his current biglaw position assuming he is staffed w a team on a project which he isnt after a month of so of his written work product being reviewed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854557)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:51 PM
Author: Splenetic opaque really tough guy temple

totally fair. totally healthy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854566)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:51 PM
Author: Bright Prole Business Firm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854568)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 8:22 PM
Author: wild piazza

do you genuinely think cravath and wachtell are full of undeserving blacks?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854834)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 8:28 PM
Author: Supple Orchestra Pit

not at senior levels

I've worked with URMs who've washed out of those places are juniors and are far from stellar

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854882)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 8:59 PM
Author: Splenetic opaque really tough guy temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35855100)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:46 PM
Author: Splenetic opaque really tough guy temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854526)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 8:22 PM
Author: Galvanic apoplectic range boiling water

IME, it's only WOCs. My 1L GPA was shit, and I got a V50. Black chick with the same GPA got Cleary (and a Cravath CB). Mex chick with lower GPA got WilmerHale.

I know three tall and good-looking MEN OF COLOR who got Proskauered, Cahilled, and Willkied. It's fucking sad.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854830)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 5:40 PM
Author: buff histrionic friendly grandma

Cravath RECRUITER at my school was a nig

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35862254)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:01 AM
Author: Primrose Regret

his tech job is probably the same as the project you worked on with him. just coasts along and is never held accountable for anything. he probably isn't taking anyone's job if you think of it that way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35858508)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:13 PM
Author: Fighting puce ape volcanic crater

expected alcoholics anonymous, fuck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854278)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:14 PM
Author: Alcoholic sandwich bawdyhouse

black dude said he's been coming to meetings 42 years but just picked up a white chip. he sold us dimebags afterwards in the parking lot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854292)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:45 PM
Author: Bright Prole Business Firm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854517)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:47 PM
Author: Splenetic opaque really tough guy temple

i was snacking on provolone slices and blew a mouthful out of my mouth onto the keyboard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854539)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:52 PM
Author: smoky queen of the night

I love how you can't make a poast without throwing one bizarre thing in there. Excellent flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854574)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:20 PM
Author: At-the-ready Glassy Mental Disorder Elastic Band

black law student said affirmative action in LS admissions was justified because of affirmative action in firm hiring (really)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854334)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:26 PM
Author: Jet medicated telephone

lol nice. Worst part is that it makes sense.

Through what medium did this student say this, in class or something?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854391)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:46 PM
Author: Multi-colored greedy locus milk

I've never met or interacted with a nonwhite person IRL.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854530)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:52 PM
Author: Bright Prole Business Firm

you’re not white

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854573)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 7:53 PM
Author: Multi-colored greedy locus milk

arent you the asian guy pretending to be a white zimbabwean

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854581)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 8:17 PM
Author: Supple Orchestra Pit

At v10, I remotely supervised a summer associate in another office with a generic name. I'm a white racist perpetuator of the white hegemonic gaze, so naturally I assume everyone is white unless given a concrete indication otherwise.

I assign him legal research relating to creditor derivative standing and, specifically, factors that impact whether such standing arises. After > week of failing to return my calls, the SA tells me he can't find anything because "all the cases are about standing," and none resolve the issue "on the substance" (I guess he meant on the merits). I gently suggest that he begin with a secondary source -- but "there aren't any." At first I think he's just blowing off the assignment, but as I continue to go back and forth with him I realize he's an abject retard as well.

I give the SA a 4-minus which is the most emphatic kiss of death biglaw gentility will allow. In my comments I express concerns about both commitment and cognitive ability.

Near the end of the summer I receive a call from someone involved in recruiting, who indicates she is in the process of calling this kid's supervisors and asking us to rephrase some of our criticisms as actionable areas for improvement. For example: is there specific supplemental training the SA should receive? I say no, and candidly reiterate my concerns about cognitive ability (something I mentioned verbatim in my review). Recruiting girl sighs and says I'm not the first to issue such feedback, but Summer Associate X is a diverse candidate, plus he also attends a TTT law school favored by a TTT-made-good partner, so the firm wants to give him an offer if at all possible.

Turns out he's not even black -- he's fractionally hispanic. He got an offer, but did not last long at the firm. Can't remember where he went.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854797)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 9:53 PM
Author: Racy stain

was this in the context of a bankruptcy? this kind of stuff turns my stomach hate thinking about the kids who get the opportunity to make good money but can't handle it and end up getting ejected

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35855495)



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Date: April 18th, 2018 9:25 AM
Author: Supple Orchestra Pit

posture was complicated, but basically it was insolvency-adjacent

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35866200)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:14 AM
Author: Angry Multi-billionaire Set

This is eerily similar to my experience, except that the "diverse candidate" was in my office and went to Duke. I rated her a 2 out of 5, because she royally screwed up one assignment and flat out failed to complete the second assignment. I felt really bad about it, but I just couldn't give her anything other than a bad score. Recruiting freaked out and asked me to revise my review.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35858624)



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Date: April 18th, 2018 9:30 AM
Author: Supple Orchestra Pit

i considered myself jaded on these matters but was genuinely surprised to see recruiting intervene. interesting they do this at other firms, too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35866220)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 2:23 AM
Author: Jet medicated telephone

What would happen if you asked for guidelines for scenarios like this in writing - like under what circumstances should reviews be more forgiving/lenient

Would they refuse to spell it out because of clear racial component?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35872443)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 8:18 PM
Author: Galvanic apoplectic range boiling water

Big-Nigger tech offers?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35854804)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 8:53 PM
Author: Jet medicated telephone

ljl.

google, msft, etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35855068)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 2:57 AM
Author: Floppy point



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35872492)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 8:54 PM
Author: Concupiscible jade immigrant famous landscape painting

Oh, I thought this was a meeting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35855071)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 11:52 PM
Author: Jet medicated telephone



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35856628)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 5:39 PM
Author: Jet medicated telephone



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35862251)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 5:55 PM
Author: orchid bull headed love of her life athletic conference

I didn't get into Harvard UG. Definitely would have had I checked a different box.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35862337)



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Date: April 18th, 2018 9:35 AM
Author: frisky parlor internal respiration

T-14 buddy was below median but copped 1L v10 sa gig, different 2l v10 gig, and offers at both. He washed out of the first one after a year and picked up the phone and went to the 2nd one. Then he went to an in-house sinecure a year later. And now he’s back at the first v10 place. I’m quite sure he’s never completed any work of substance but he’ll prob end up in a permanent sinecure in house when they can place him.

Basically if you are black at a t14 they won’t let you fail at any point in the first 10 years of your career.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35866264)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 2:20 AM
Author: Jet medicated telephone

jfc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35872437)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 2:19 AM
Author: Jet medicated telephone



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35872436)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 2:59 AM
Author: Floppy point

I was on a critical space mission and a couple colored girls they let into the lab verified some numbers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951025&forum_id=2#35872499)