https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/fsqdgi/aita_if_i_dont_accept_certain_prospective/
created by admissions_rep on 01/04/2020 at 01:58 UTC
57 upvotes, 7 top-level comments (showing 7)
I work in the admissions department of a distinguished American university which prides itself on producing young men of character and breeding to take their place in the upper echelons of society. We want to maintain quality in our student body, and it is therefore understandable that we would want to make sure that all accepted students are up to a certain standard.
That brings us to the problem of these students. They are, shall we say, of the Mosaic persuasion. Of course, that is not a problem in and of itself! Certainly there are many clever members of that race. In fact, as recently as 1915 one of our sister institutions, Columbia University, had as many as 40% Jewish students due to their excellence on the university entrance exam.
However, cleverness is not the sole criterion for entry; we are looking for something far more. We look for character, for students who will succeed and excel among our student body. For that purpose we recently implemented an application form; we want to make sure in advance that our students will be able to appreciate and fully enjoy the university experience, after all! We ask for a lot of information about students, like their country of origin, mother's maiden name, and organizations to which they belong, because it gives us a well rounded view of the student so that we can make the right judgment; it just seems best for all concerned. We're also asking these days for a list of extracurricular pastimes which the applicants enjoy doing in their spare time; after all, a student who already plays football or swims will have a far more congenial time than one who has spent his high school experience simply sitting with his head in a book.
Unfortunately, with these new application forms, we have simply tended to find that Jewish students now seem to fall within the lowest grade of applicant. They just would not thrive in such a selective and prestigious institution; they are so often greasy and studious youths, unlike their potential classmates, broad-chested, well-rounded men with whom they would simply share no connection. Coming from the slums of the Lower East Side and the Bronx, they would not fit in. In fact, with all the antagonism that some people these days have toward those of the Mosaic faith, perhaps, with the new quota system that we are considering, we'll be doing these students a favor by not accepting them to our campus; after all, Jews are never accepted to fraternities. Their fellow students so often consider them to lack college spirit, to be physically repulsive with their Semitic features, to be brown-nosers, to raise the academic standard too high. Are we doing these Jewish students a favor by allowing them into an environment in which they will never be accepted?
I believe that by rejecting these students, we are simply encouraging them to go somewhere where they will feel more welcome and which is more suited to the background from which they come and the Semitic tendencies which they have. However, there have been some protests of this approach. AITA?
Comment by QueueOfPancakes at 02/04/2020 at 01:14 UTC
25 upvotes, 0 direct replies
NTA. Be careful OP, next thing you know they'll want you to admit women. Could you imagine?
However, do consider that a diverse student body does have advantages, allowing the rest of the students to be more well rounded and worldly. Perhaps consider admitting a small number of Jewish students, say 5?
Comment by AllForMeCats at 01/04/2020 at 08:46 UTC
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YTA, and your reasoning is faulty.
You see, if you accepted Jewish students into your university, then there would be Jewish students, so they would not be unlike or unaccepted by all of their classmates. I'm sure some people would still mistreat them, but that's hardly a reason to deny them an education.
Their fellow students so often consider them ...to raise the academic standard too high.
Actually, the more I reread your post, I'm thinking maybe you should just rename to Dumb Goy University.
Comment by Shraga_F_Mendlovitz at 01/04/2020 at 17:43 UTC
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Look, college administrator, I don’t really care for your institutions and it’s silly values. If Jewish kids don’t fit in, good! A well-raised Jewish boy will certainly not fit in an environment that values nonsense and relishes in opposing our dearest beliefs at best, and is a hotbed of forbidden behavior at worst. It’s a culture that’s outright opposed to our values.
Even though you may not appreciate the values and intellect of our children, you’re NTA for keeping our next generation away from your so-called institutions. It’d be worse if they tried your college and left, with all the damage to the psyche your institution offers without the meaningless “degree” people so value. Completely accidentally, you’ve done the right things. Perhaps students, spurned by your warped priorities of “sports” over learning, will attend the new institutions of religious education I’m working hard to build here in America.
Comment by Princess111698043 at 01/04/2020 at 03:27 UTC
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YTA
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Comment by voyeur324 at 02/04/2020 at 22:45 UTC
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YTA because you wouldn't really care if there were pogroms in the Commonwealth.
Comment by Azuralos at 01/04/2020 at 04:50 UTC
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I know that history isn't pretty, virtually all of it has been bad shit. But this is supposed to be for april fools, and this one is kinda gross. I'm sorry if I'm in the wrong here, but this one seems not to be in the spirit of things.