Question 1

Is Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal woke?

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Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal has a woke score of 26/100, which means it is not especially woke compared with higher-scoring titles. The 2021 Netflix documentary uses reenactments of FBI wiretapped calls and interviews to detail Rick Singer’s “side door” scheme that helped wealthy parents secure elite college admissions for their children. It focuses on the mechanics of the fraud and the entitlement of the clients involved. The film frames the scandal within a broader look at how the admissions system already advantages the privileged through wealth and connections.

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Is there DEI in Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal?

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The biggest factors in our score are Institutional / cultural critique, Political / ideological dialogue. An examination that goes beyond the celebrity-driven headlines and dives into the methods used by Rick Singer, the man at the center of the shocking 2019 college admissions scandal, to persuade his wealthy clients to cheat an educational system already designed to benefit the privileged.

Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal

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