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When I read this, I was a bit surprised. Harvard, back when she would have attended, still looked at people\u2019s grades. Then Reid explained how she got in. Here are the details from Fox News<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n Affirmative action<\/a> was the only reason MSNBC\u2019s Joy Reid attended Harvard, the anchor insisted on Thursday. <\/b><\/p>\n Reid made the point while appearing on “All In with Chris Hayes” to comment on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affirmative action in college admissions violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause. While opposing the decision, Reid admitted that she benefited from affirmative action herself. <\/b><\/p>\n “I got into Harvard only because of affirmative action,” Reid said. “I went to a school no one had ever heard of in Denver, Colorado, in a small suburb. I didn\u2019t go to Exeter or Andover. I didn\u2019t have college test prep. I just happened to be really nerdy and smart and have really good grades and good SAT scores.” <\/b><\/p>\n She continued, “But someone came to Denver to look for me. A Harvard recruiter flew to Denver, and I met me up with her at the Village Inn Restaurant and did a pre-interview to pull me into Harvard. I was pulled in \u2014 affirmatively.” <\/b><\/p>\n I looked up Reid\u2019s \u201cCareer\u201d on Wikipedia. (For things like this, it\u2019s usually accurate) Reid went to Harvard in the late 80\u2019s, and as I recall, they were actively looking for blacks to attend. I don\u2019t have any idea on how Reid\u2019s academics stacked up to the non-diversity applicants. For all I know, she was nothing more than a check box that was filled and was then socially promoted. Or, the racist moonbat actually got in on her academics and nothing else.<\/p>\n The Supreme Court case<\/a> arose after the accusation that Asian Americans students were being discriminated by being held to a higher standard compared to Black or Hispanic students because of affirmative action. Several liberal personalities, however, have insisted that the decision will primarily benefit White students. <\/b><\/p>\n Reid did not reference the impact on Asian Americans<\/a> but noted that her presence “was questioned by White people” at Harvard. <\/b><\/p>\n “I was in a big conference class where some White students stood up and said, \u2018Those students, the Black students, they\u2019re only here because of affirmative action.\u2019 It became a huge argument that we all ended up having,” Reid described. <\/b><\/p>\n Reid has a history of not being entirely accurate with the facts. However, it\u2019s also true that the Ivy league schools, along with almost all of the \u201cBig Name\u201d liberal universities did bring in lesser qualified students simply because they were black.<\/p>\n She added, “I had never had my academic credentials questioned. I had never had anyone question whether I was intelligent \u2014 until I got to Harvard. And it was a defining point of my experience there. It was one of the many reasons I was miserable there my freshman year. You felt completely out of place. People kept telling me, \u2018You shouldn\u2019t be here.\u2019 And yet, some of the people I went to school with were far less smart than me or the other Black folks there.”\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n