Anti-racism activist Tim Wise: How white privilege shaped the college admissions scandal
Anti-racism activist Tim Wise: How white privilege shaped the college admissions scandal
As revealed last week in a federal indictment, at least 33 affluent individuals, including television actors, corporate executives and bankers, allegedly engaged in crimes such as bribery and fraud in an effort to buy admission for their children into America’s most prestigious universities. These included Yale, Georgetown, Stanford, Wake Forest and other schools.
At a press conference last Tuesday, Andrew Lelling, the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, described the defendants as “a catalog of wealth and privilege. … They include, for example, the CEOs of private and public companies, successful securities and real estate investors, two well-known actresses, a famous fashion designer and the co-chairman of a global law firm.”