MSNBC host Joy Reid took a ribbing on social media after declaring that affirmative action was the only reason she was admitted to Harvard.
were seen as gaining admission based on their race, which contributed to making her feel “completely out of place” her first year.
“I had never had my academic credentials questioned. I had never had anyone question whether I was intelligent — until I got to,” she said. “And it was a defining point of my experience there. It was one of the many reasons I was miserable during my freshman year. I felt completely out of place. People kept telling me, ‘You shouldn’t be here.’”
Critics of affirmative action, including Justice Clarence Thomas, argue that racial preferences have stigmatized Black graduates of top universities, leading others to conclude that they were admitted because of their race and not their merit.
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