JD Vance Appalachian Affirmative Action

JOY REID: “JD Vance got into Yale because they were tired of just letting in white men from New York ... from all the elite schools. They wanted an Appalachian white. That's how that man got into Yale, I promise you ... That's also affirmative action and DEI.” ON LIVE AT 5

A collage shows JD Vance above a video clip of Joy Reid and Don Lemon discussing his admission to Yale. The joke mocks Joy Reid’s claim that Vance benefited from affirmative action and DEI because he was an Appalachian white man, reversing the usual political argument about elite admissions. It is used as a sarcastic reaction to commentary about privilege, race, and college admissions. EN: A collage shows JD Vance above a video clip of Joy Reid and Don Lemon discussing his admission to Yale. The joke mocks Joy Reid’s claim that Vance benefited from affirmative action and DEI because he was an Appalachian white man, reversing the usual political argument about elite admissions. It is used as a sarcastic reaction to commentary about privilege, race, and college admissions.

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