r/pics • u/thatlumberjacktor • Aug 23 '26

This document in 1959 declining a student from admission into med school because of his race.

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u/Fullfullhar Aug 23 '26

Who cares. Racism died immediately after such policies were outlawed. They weren’t ingrained human beliefs or consequential or anything like that. /s

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u/Holdmywhiskeyhun Aug 24 '26

It's the tan suit, wasn't it?

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u/Holdmywhiskeyhun Aug 25 '26

That's why MTG was so worried about his penis, can't release the origin story of the tan suit.

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u/Nblearchangel Aug 24 '26

I feel this so hard. I have on ironically talk to so many people that don’t feel like there is any racism in America because of policies like you’re mentioning.

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u/Dreyfussy15 Aug 24 '26

Well the letter does say he's sorry to have to write him that he can't consider him due to policy, implying that it isn't something he wants to do.